Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a cleaner, Ohiagu Sunday, who allegedly leads a drug syndicate at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
Sunday was nabbed on August 23, 2022, following the arrest of an intending passenger on an Air Peace flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Obinna Jacob Osita.
He was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25 kilogramme concealed in cassava flakes (Gari) and crayfish.
One other member of the airport syndicate working with Sunday was also arrested, while NDLEA operatives are hunting for another suspect.
Investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited one Obinna, a 42-year-old indigene of Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, to traffic the drugs, and equally contracted 34-year-old Sunday, from Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo State, to create unhindered passage of the trafficker.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement at the weekend, said the drug syndicate bust, which he described as the first drug arrest at the new terminal of the MMIA, came 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.