The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday said it has arrested a pastor who wanted to smuggle 1.978 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be narcotics to South Africa.
In a press release in Lagos signed by head of public affairs, NDLEA, Mitchel Ofoyeju, the agency said that the suspect, a pastor with the Gospel Faith Mission International, Ipaja, Lagos, was arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
NDLEA commander at the airport, Nsikak-Abasi Udoh, said that the pastor was arrested in his bid to abandon his luggage at the arrival hall for fear of arrest.
“Mr. Daniel Lanre Akintola unlawfully possessed 1.978kg of heroin while returning from Entebbe, a major town in central Uganda. He wanted to abandon the luggage but we detected his intention.
“The drug was carefully concealed in a false bottom of his luggage,’’ the statement said.
Meanwhile the NDLEA has arrested another suspect who attempted to smuggle ephedrine weighing 51.5 kilogrammes to Maputo, Mozambique.
The statement read, “The second suspect is a businessman who had parcels of ephedrine weighing 51.5kg, which he wanted to smuggle to Maputo, Mozambique.’’
The agency said it would charge the suspects to court on completion of its investigations soon.
