Officials of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested five suspected drug traffickers with 7.1kg of narcotics at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, when the suspects attempted to
smuggle 1.1kg of methamphetamine and 6kg of cocaine.
NDLEA Commander at the Abuja Airport,
Mr. Hamisu Lawan, gave the names of the suspects as Ezechi
Nwabueze (45), Joel Uzoukwu (54), Okechukwu Obiora (36) and Everest Eze
(32).Udoka Egbuchelam, (26).
Egbguchelam was to board the Ethiopian Airline flight to Malaysia. Nwabueze, who made a living selling
shirts in Benin Republic, planned to deliver the drugs in Istanbul. “I
am the only child of my parents. My problem began when my shop got burnt
and there was nobody to help me. I was to deliver the drugs in
Istanbul, Turkey,” he said. Uzoukwu, Eze and Obiora, on the other hand, were caught in an attempt to smuggle in drugs from Brazil.
Egbguchelam would have been killed if she been found in possession of
the narcotics in Malaysia. Drug trafficking is a capital offense in Malaysia and the penalty for it is death.
Why do people keep risking their lives for money?
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