Lagos Airport cleaner who leads drug syndicate arrested

Ohiagu Sunday, a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, who leads a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that the suspect was nabbed on Tuesday 23rd August following the arrest of an intending passenger on an Air peace flight to Dubai, UAE, Obinna Jacob Osita who was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis Sativa weighing 4.25kg concealed in cassava product, garri and crayfish.

One other member of the airport syndicate who works with Ohiagu has also been arrested while operatives are after another suspect.

According to the agency, investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited Obinna, a 42-year-old native of Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State to traffic the drugs and equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner from Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo State to create access for the unhindered passage of the trafficker.

The drug syndicate bust, which is the first drug arrest at the new terminal of the MMIA comes on the heels of the seizure of a consignment of bottles of viju and fearless energy drinks used to conceal skunk for export to Dubai, UAE through the NAHCO export shed on Monday 15th Aug. A freight agent has already been arrested in connection with the seizure.