Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Daberechi, for trying to smuggle 7.2 kg of methamphetamine hidden in crayfish to Europe, where he was going to study. POLITICS NIGERIA reports.Information Guide Nigeria
Daberechi was taken into custody last Wednesday while trying to leave Nigeria via Turkish Airlines flight TK 0624 from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
In a statement yesterday by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the suspect had during an interview with the operatives, alleged he was going to Cyprus for studies, adding that a white substance found in his luggage tested positive for Methamphetamine.
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“Operatives of the NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja arrested a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Daberechi, for attempting to export 7.2Kg of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate studies.
“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.NYSC Portal
“A field test of the substance however proved positive to Methamphetamine.”
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