How 19-Year-Old Europe-Bound Student, Female Lawyer Were Caught With Dru-gs | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jul 17, 2023
How 19-Year-Old Europe-Bound Student, Female Lawyer Were Caught With Dru-gs | READ DETAILS
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja have arrested a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi for attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate studies.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="490"] Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi[/caption]
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The teenage suspect was intercepted on Wednesday 12th July, during an outward clearance of passengers on Turkish Airlines flight TK 0624.
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While being interviewed by operatives, Daberechi claimed he was a student on his way to Cyprus for studies, but upon a thorough search of his luggage, he was found in possession of 7.2kg of whitish substance neatly concealed inside a sack of crayfish. A field test of the substance however proved positive to Methamphetamine.
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On the other hand, a Lekki, Lagos state based female lawyer, Ebikpolade Helen, who specialises in production and distribution of skuchies, a mixture of cannabis, opioids and black currant has been arrested in a follow up operation in Awka, Anambra state following an earlier seizure of 5kg cannabis and 12 bottles of prepared skuchies in her apartment at Lekki.
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="338"] Ebikpolade Helen[/caption]
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— Faith Ukanwa