Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) detected parcels of cocaine hidden inside the sole of shoes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)
Lagos. The consignment of shoes where the cocaine was discovered was said to
have originated from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The owner of the luggage have
been arrested while two other suspected drug traffickers that tested
positive and excreted narcotic are also being investigated. A white
powdery substance found to be cocaine with a total weight of 3.950kgs
were seized from the suspects.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Ahmadu Garuba said that one of
the suspects concealed the drugs inside shoe soles while the remaining
two ingested wraps of cocaine. In his words,
"Three suspects have been
arrested with a total of 3.950kgs of cocaine. They are Mbatugosi Paul
Ifechukwu, 32 year old caught with 1.950kgs of cocaine hidden inside
shoe soles, Adugba Ugochukwu Godson, 34 year old who ingested 1.50kgs of
cocaine on his way to Sydney, Australia and Onuoha Friday Dominic, 42
year old found to have ingested 850 grammes of cocaine from Brazil. The
cases are under investigation and will be charged to court soon".
Mbatugosi Paul Ifechukwu who used to sell shoes at Enugu said that he
was introduced into drug trafficking by a friend he met in Brazil.
