THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an human trafficker who wanted to export illicit drug to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the trafficker was trying to commit the crime by by planting the drug in the luggage of an orphan.
Babafemi said that the suspect, Matthew Bassey, who had allegedly recruited the orphan, Ms. Peter Eno, for a phantom Job in Arab nation was at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos.
He said that Bassey, 29, from Oron LGA, Akwa Ibom, was arrested on July 6, following the interception of Eno at the departure hall of the Lagos airport.
He said Eno’s luggage was searched, 50 parcels of cannabis (2.80kg) concealed in food items were discovered while there were discrepancies between the age she declared and the date of birth on her international passport.
“Further interview reveals that the human trafficker, who recruited and brought her to the airport, Bassey, was still lurking around the airport, waiting for her departure.
“He was promptly tracked and arrested. Investigations showed that the victim, who hails from the same Oron LGA of Akwa Ibom like Bassey recently lost her mother.
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