NDLEA intercepts Brazilian lady with N3b heroin at Abuja airport

A 30-year-old Brazilian lady, Ms. Ingrid Rosa Benevides, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for bringing into Nigeria a total of 30.09 kilograms of white heroin concealed in factory sealed coffee packs worth over N3 billion

Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement.

Babafemi said the suspect, who works as a private security officer in Brazil, was arrested last Friday upon her arrival on a Qatar Airways flight QR1431, following intelligence.

The NDLEA spokesman said after her arrest, a search was conducted on her two bags where 21 factory-sealed packets of Brazilian coffee were found.

He said when the coffee bags were opened, rather than containing the beverage, what was found in it were white substances that later tested positive for heroin weighing a total of 30.09 kilograms, making it the largest heroin seizure at the airport.

Babafemi said during the interview, the suspect claimed she brought the white heroin consignment under the guise of coming to Nigeria for holidays.

He also said at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, NDLEA operatives last Tuesday also intercepted two passengers: Adediran Adedoyin and Afatakpa Ochuko, who were heading to Istanbul, Turkey, aboard a Turkish Airlines flight with a total of 3,990 pills of tapentadol 250mg and tramaking 225mg concealed in food items packed in their bags.

He added that operatives of the Marine Command of the agency in the early hours of last Thursday intercepted a wooden boat loaded with 44 jumbo bags of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 1,848 kilograms at the Jakande beach in Lekki Lagos.

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