Agency announces drop in drug trafficking at international airport
The National Drug
Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Thursday that the rate of drug
trafficking at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA),
Lagos, has dropped.
The agency said in
a statement that the drop was noticed in August. “We arrested only
seven suspects (four men and three women) with 8.62kg of cocaine during
the month,” it said in the statement signed by Mitchell Ofoyeju, the
agency’s head of Public Affairs.
It said the number of those arrested for drug trafficking rose to 20 in July with a haul of 28.13kg of narcotics.
“The drastic reduction is suggestive of a natural response to the death of a suspect who ingested the substance.
“It is hoped that drug traffickers will consider the consequences
of their action and quit the criminal acts,’’ the statement added.
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