An Abuja-based trader and a commercial tricycle
rider from Owerri were apprehended by officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)
in Lagos in connection with the unlawful importation of 6.390kg of substances
that tested positive for heroin.
An Abuja based trader, King Sunday, who was recently arrested by NDLEA officials at the Muritala International Airport Lagos for transporting 2.490kg of heroin, says he ventured into the illicit business because he needed money to take his wife of four days to a lovely destination for their honeymoon. When interrogated, 38 year old Sunday who was arrested as he arrived Nigeria from Kenya, said
“I erroneously took
the decision to smuggle drugs barely four days after my marriage. I was in need
of money for my honeymoon and also for my business but I should not have
involved myself in drug trafficking. My thinking was that I could smuggle the
drug from Nairobi in two days without my wife knowing that I travelled out of
the country. All my life, I have been upright in my transactions but this is a
huge mistake and I regret my action.”
Also arrested by NDLEA officials is a
commercial tricyclist in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Cajetan Chinedu Egwin.
He was arrested on arrival from Kigali, Rwanda with 3.900kg of heroin . When
interrogated, Chinedu said he needed the money to fix his Tricycle as well as
settle his Landlord.
"The engine of
my tricycle which is my only source of livelihood is bad. While I was looking
for money to fix it, I was introduced to the man that promised to pay me
N400,000 on the condition that I will bring his drug from Kigali. I accepted the
offer because nobody was willing to help me. Apart from the repairs, my rent is
due and my landlord has been asking for his money,” he said.
Both men would soon be charged to
court for drug trafficking.
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