THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has renewed its determination to make the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos a no-go for drug traffickers.
The agency’s position was made known as a drug trafficker abandoned 19 pieces of compressed cannabis with a total weight of 20.8 kg in a refuse dump at the Lagos airport.
The NDLEA has also arrested four suspected drug traffickers at the airport in the last seven days for attempting to export various wraps of narcotic drug to Europe through ingestion.
The name of the suspects, according to the NDLEA assistant commander in charge of operations and intelligence at the airport, Alhaji Idris Bello, are Dunu Chukwunyere, 37, Idah Benjamin Eme, 49, Nnwabuife Paul Uche, 37, and Sunday Eric Smart, 39. Dunu was on his way to Australia in an Emirate flight when he was allegedly found to have ingested narcotics. Idah and Nnwabuife whose destinations are Paris and Milan were both nabbed during the outward screening of KLM passengers. Smart was equally on his way to Milan, Italy when he tested positive to illicit drugs ingestion.
Thank you Isaac. I’ve been to a couple of countries and I must confess that it is only in MMA that I have seen baggages being screened manuall by hand. Whatever happened to intelligence, scanners, sniffer dogs and all 21st century technology. It’s always an embarrassing situation to have a low-life siff through your baggage and asking you what is this? what is that?
It is also no news that these NDLEA officers connive with the smugglers to export narcotics and the few ones ever caught before boarding are those who have decided to play smart by not ‘’settling” and going it alone.
Look, the NDLEA can kick and scream all they want. The truth remains that without the proper screening equipment at the Lagos Airport, this will still be an issue…the fact of the matter is that at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport this june you have a situation where you luggage was being screened by hand!! By hand, I mean what sort of backwards thinking and implementation of a drug policy is that??
So NDLEA, if you guys want to be taken seriously and want to avoid the embarrassment of Nigerians getting caught overseas BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID NOT DO YOUR JOBS PROPERLY?? Invest in the right screening equipment!! Enough is enough.