The law enforcement agents, at the screening section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Friday, arrested a woman, Mande Bala who had 66 wraps of narcotics, in her private part.
The
lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency shortly before she was due to board a Kenyan Airways flight to Nairobi.
The NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar, confirmed the arrest, saying “the quantity of drugs that Bala had inserted in her private part was so much that it affected her gait, drawing the attention of the NDLEA officials. No suspect has ever inserted such a large quantity of drugs in the country. Usually, cases of insertion are not more than 300g. The discovery was shocking.”
The NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar, confirmed the arrest, saying “the quantity of drugs that Bala had inserted in her private part was so much that it affected her gait, drawing the attention of the NDLEA officials. No suspect has ever inserted such a large quantity of drugs in the country. Usually, cases of insertion are not more than 300g. The discovery was shocking.”
A
local newspaper reported that in all, the 66 wraps of methamphetamine expelled
from Bala’s private part weighed 1kg.
Ms Bala, who claimed to be a widow and mother of three, said she was pushed to
trafficking in drugs in order to raise school fees for her childr
“I
am a widow; my husband died in 2007. I have got three children to take care of.
I need N45,000 to pay some fees for my child and I also had to take care
of my rent because I have a quit notice to leave my house in July. I was
actually supposed to swallow the drugs but I was too scared to do so. I then
decided on my own to hide them instead in my private parts because I was scared
I would die if I ingested the drugs. I have heard such things happen. Although
it was difficult for me to walk, I had to do my best because there is no one
else to take care of my children,” she said.
In
his reaction, the chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, described the incident
as disturbing.
“Apart
from the quantity of drugs caught with her, her route is a new development in
drug trafficking. Drug barons now adopt a relay approach to drug trafficking.
They wanted to use her to take the drug to another African country before using
an indigene of that country to take the drug to other continents, where the
profit is higher. We are not oblivious of their moves and we are prepared to
nip them in the bud,” he said.
According
to the agency, no suspect has ever inserted such a large quantity of drugs in
her private part since the establishment of the NDLEA in 1989. The suspect, who
is a graduate of accounting from a South-West university, lives at Ijoko in Ogun State and
is a native of Lagos Island in Lagos State.
She will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.
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