A 53-year-old physically challenged man Emmanuel Osaromo Ehiarimwiam, has been arrested by the agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while trying to board at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos.
Mr. Ehiarimwiam was arrested on Sunday on his way to Italy, via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight. According to Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, the suspect concealed 5,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg in his luggage.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect is a frequent traveller who often travels with lots of bags containing mainly food items, body cream, hair attachment and drinks.
“The suspect was said to have presented his usual large consignment to NDLEA operatives for search but held on to some packages, which were retrieved from him and properly searched during which the drugs were discovered,” he said.
Meanwhile, Babafemi disclosed that the NDLEA also raided a suspected laboratory in Opic Estate, Agbara where crystal meth was produced and distributed.
“Clues from the property led operatives to another in the vicinity where one Peter James was apprehended with some quantity of the substance.
“A follow up operation within the estate also led to the arrest of a meth dealer, Mathew Bobby Imonitie, who was caught with 4.033kilograms of the illicit substance,” he said.
