The National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) has arrested two alleged Qatar-based Drug Lords, following the interception of their methamphetamine consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
In a statement, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi identified the suspects as Eyah Celestine Nnamdi, also known as Murphy, and Ugwuoke Peter Oluchukwu.
According to him, Ugwuoke was the first to be arrested on June 9 during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways passengers at the departure point, Terminal 2 of the Lagos airport.
He said, the NDLEA officers discovered that the suspect was travelling to Doha with an Ivorian international passport with the name Hien Narcisse.
A further scrutiny of his black carry-on luggage led to the discovery of a false bottom concealment of two parcels of crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine weighing 1.00kg.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a Nigerian who had gone to obtain an Ivorian passport for his travels.
He confessed that he travelled to Qatar in August 2022 and returned from the Arab nation about two months ago to perfect arrangement for the movement of the drug consignment.
According to the statement, further probing led operatives to discover that his Qatar-based senior partner in the trade simply identified as Murphy was lurking around in Eziani, his hometown in Nsukka LGA, Enugu State.
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