I ferried cocaine from Brazil to Nigeria for N3.1m – Suspect
A drug mule, Ibeh Damian, has told interrogators he was to be paid N3.1 million if he successfully trafficked cocaine from Brazil to Nigeria. However, Damian did not succeed, as the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) swooped on him.
He was arrested after arriving from Sao Paulo, Brazil via an Ethiopian airlines flight. The NDLEA said it found 3.20kg of black cocaine, popularly known as ‘Lucci’, in Damian’s bags.
The NDLEA also arrested one Okafor Junior, for importing 1.40kg of crack cocaine into the country.
Femi Babafemi, spokesperson for the anti-narcotics agency, said the 33-years-old man “disclosed that he was an ex-footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014.
“He further stated that he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but could not advance his football career in Brazil due to lack of official documents,” the statement said.
Equally, the NDLEA apprehended another drug mule, Pamela Odin, while attempting to export 2.150kg tablets of Rohypnol, through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The 32-year-old mother of one, upon her arrest, confessed to operating a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey. She reportedly concealed the drug inside some foodstuff.
