The airport cleaner was arrested on Tuesday following the arrest of an intending passenger on Air Peace flight to Dubai, UAE.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Lagos airport cleaner, Ohiagu Sunday, who allegedly leads a drug syndicate at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) in Ikeja area of the state.
The airport cleaner was arrested on Tuesday following the arrest of an intending passenger on Air Peace flight to Dubai, UAE, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the passenger named, Obinna Osita, was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25kg concealed in cassava product, garri and crayfish.
He also said that one other member of the airport syndicate who worked with the cleaner had also been arrested, while operatives were trailing another suspect.
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“Investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited Obinna, a 42-year-old native of Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra, to traffic the drugs.
“And equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner from Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo 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.
“They were used to conceal skunk for export to Dubai, UAE through the NAHCO export shed on Monday August 15, ” he said.
Asides the airport cleaner and others, Babafemi said that a freight agent had already been arrested in connection with the seizure.
