Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Daberechi, for trying to smuggle 7.2 kg of methamphetamine hidden in crayfish to Europe, where he was going to study.
Daberechi was taken into custody last Wednesday while trying to leave Nigeria via Turkish Airlines flight TK 0624 from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
According to a statement on Sunday by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the suspect had during an interview with the operatives, claimed he was heading to Cyprus for studies, adding that a white substance found in his luggage tested positive for Methamphetamine.
“Operatives of the NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja arrested a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Daberechi, for attempting to export 7.2Kg of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate studies.
“While being interviewed by operatives, Daberechi claimed he was a student on his way to Cyprus for studies, but upon a thorough search of his luggage, he was found in possession of 7.2kg of whitish substance neatly concealed inside a sack of crayfish.
“A field test of the substance however proved positive to Methamphetamine.”
Babafemi also said a female lawyer identified as Ebikpolade Helen was arrested after operatives had recovered 5kg of cannabis and 12 bottles of skuchies in her Lekki apartment.
He said: “Meanwhile, a Lekki Lagos-based female lawyer, Ebikpolade Helen, who specialises in the production and distribution of skuchies, a mixture of cannabis, opioids, and black currant has been arrested in a follow-up operation in Awka, Anambra State following an earlier seizure of 5kg cannabis and 12 bottles of prepared skuchies in her apartment at Lekki.”
