The NDLEA has made another significant arrest as it continues to crack down on drug traffickers – On Friday, May 14, the agency arrested a drug lord named Ejiofor Felix Enwereaku in connection with intercepted cocaine – Enwereaku has reportedly confessed to being connected to the banned substance which is worth N8 billion also admitted attempting to bribe NDLEA operatives.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian drug kingpin, Ejiofor Felix Enwereaku, over alleged drug trafficking. A statement released by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, May 23, indicates that Enwereaku was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The victim was arrested in connection with a previously intercepted 27.95 kilogrammes of cocaine (36 blocks) which has a street value of over N8 billion. READ ALSO Tension in Osogbo as suspected Yahoo boys resist alleged EFCC operatives arrest, set bonfire Legit.ng gathers that Enwereaku who leads a syndicate was arrested at the airport on Friday, May 14.
Enwereaku’s syndicate reportedly specialises in tagging/planting drugs in innocent travellers’ luggage. How Enwereaku was arrested Based on intelligence, NDLEA operatives had on Saturday, May 8 intercepted a bag that arrived at the Lagos airport from GRU, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the Ethiopian airline but was disclaimed by an arriving passenger on the flight. The disclaimed bag was promptly secured by NDLEA operatives for investigation. On Sunday, May 9, a man went to the airport to make an inquiry on how to get the disclaimed bag released. He was promptly arrested for investigation. The disclaimed bag was opened in the presence of the arriving passenger and the man who came to negotiate the release of the disputed bag. When it was opened, it was found that the bag contained 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95kg.