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NDLEA Arrests Apeh Ogbonna, 29 With 4.5kg Meth Concealed in Travelling Bag
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA have on February 13 arrested a 29-year-old man, Apeh Kelvin Ogbonna while attempting to board Turkish airline flight TK0624 going through Istanbul to Cyprus, with 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in false bottoms of his travelling bag.
A statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson revealed that Ogbonna was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.
The suspect claimed he was running a boutique business in Enugu before he decided to travel to Cyprus for a degree in Business Administration.
At three different courier firms in Lagos, operatives intercepted two cocaine consignments weighing 400 grams each, going to United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.
They were hidden in walls of cartons used for packaging. Two other consignments containing 500 grams and 100 grams of methamphetamine were also blocked from being shipped to New Zealand after they were discovered concealed in food items.