NDLEA arrests drug lord while giving mule 93 cocaine wraps to swallow in Lagos hotel
Luck ran out of a notorious drug kingpin who specialises in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) stormed his hotel room in Okota area of Lagos late on Friday, as he was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.
The 48-year-old drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, had recruited Uju Dominic from his base in Italy with a deal to come to Nigeria, ingest 100 pellets of cocaine on Friday, 21st July and return to Italy on Saturday 22nd July.
True to plan, upon the arrival in Nigeria, the mule was lodged in Golden Heaven Hotel located at Enoma Street off Ago-Palace Way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos where Uwagbale brought 93 wraps of the Class A drug for him to swallow at about 11:45 pm Friday.
A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said, they were in the process when NDLEA operatives who have been on their trail following credible intelligence stormed their hotel room, arrested both and recovered the drug exhibits with a total weight of 1.427 kilograms.
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