NDLEA Arrests Auto Parts Dealer, Businesswoman After Failed Drug Trafficking

• The NDLEA have arrested two suspects for the alleged crime of drug trafficking.

• The Suspects, an auto car dealer, and a bussines woman were arrested after being linked to an attempted exportation of hard drugs.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two people for allegedly attempting to export hard drugs out of the country.

Daily Report gathers that the suspects, identified as Adewunmi Dorcas and an auto parts dealer, Arinze Ora, had attempted to export consignments of opioids and cocaine to London, United Kingdom and Congo Brazzaville, respectively.

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Confirming the arrest in a statement released, the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement released on Sunday said upon thorough search, a total of 924 bottles of codeine-based syrup weighing 135.70kg and 5,250 tablets of Rohypnol were hidden in cartons of foodstuffs.

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“The freight agent, Owojori Olanrewaju Sunday, who presented the cargo for export, was promptly arrested. Further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect, Adewunmi Akeem Temitope, who claimed that his mother, 58-year-old Mrs. Adewunmi Adebola Dorcas sent the consignment to him from Ibadan to deliver to the agent. A follow-up operation on Saturday, September 7, led to the arrest of Mrs Adewunmi in Ibadan, where she deals in foodstuffs and cargo export.

“In his statement, the agent, Owojori, confessed that he had been working for Mrs Adewunmi to export cargoes to the UK, adding that he was paid N2,411,000.00 for the job, while he was paid N2.1million for a similar consignment handled for the businesswoman earlier,” the statement added.

He added that the suspects would be prosecuted according.