NDLEA ARRESTS WOMAN WITH HEROIN HIDDEN IN BAG IN LAGOS

Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said on
Thursday it has intercepted a woman and a bag with 195 grammes of
heroin hidden inside it at the Lagos airport.
The seizure was made on the last day of the year at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport in Lagos during search of luggage to
Monrovia, Liberia on an Arik flight.
"Officials have arrested the consignor, a 34-year old housewife,
Nsofor Ngozi Anderlin for attempting to export the drug to her husband
in Liberia," said Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA Head of Public Affairs.
Ofoyeju's statement quoted the suspect, a mother of five, as saying
that the bag was sent to her by her husband.
Woman
"My husband called me from Liberia where he lives that somebody will
give me a bag. He told me to buy female artificial hair in the bag and
send it to him. I bought the hair attachment as instructed by my
husband. This is not my first time of sending goods to my husband.
Unfortunately, officers at the Airport found heroin inside the bag
during search," Ngozi was quoted as saying.
NDLEA quoted the suspect who hails from Imo State as saying: "I really
feel bad that the bag where the drug was found was sent to me by my
husband. I am here writing statement when I ought to be preparing for
my New Year celebration at home."
NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Hamza Umar, was quoted in the
statement as saying that the artificial hair was used as a
distraction.
"The artificial hair was just a distraction knowing that heroin was
industrially concealed in a false bottom of the bag. It took the
experience of the officers to have detected the drug at the luggage
checking desk. Preliminary investigation indicates that it is a family
business. The suspect will soon be charged to court," Umar was quoted
as saying.