NDLEA nabs man, 56 with cocaine in sandals, declares kingpin wanted
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend smashed a major cocaine syndicate in Lagos following the arrest of a 56-year-old trafficker, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga.
Oyenuga was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class ‘A’ drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia..
Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi said the swift follow up led to the arrest of a wanted notorious kingpin, Wasiu Sanni Gbolahan popularly known as Teacher, who recruits mules for the cartel.
According to him, “NDLEA operatives attached to the screening point of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos had on Thursday 24th November intercepted Lawal Lateef Oyenuga with a pair of black palm sandals packed in the luggage he was going with to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airways flight.
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“A thorough examination of the sandals revealed they were used to conceal two parcels of cocaine weighing 400 grams
“This is barely a week after a 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs. Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika was arrested at the airport over her attempt to traffic 400 grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia on board a Qatar Airways flight”.
