{"id":46119,"date":"2021-06-13T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T13:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=46119"},"modified":"2021-06-13T14:21:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T13:21:45","slug":"uber-driver-and-2-traffickers-arrested-with-cocaine-concealed-in-pants-at-lagos-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/13\/uber-driver-and-2-traffickers-arrested-with-cocaine-concealed-in-pants-at-lagos-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber driver and 2 traffickers arrested with cocaine concealed in pant at Lagos airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Uber driver and two other traffickers with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the arrest said the Uber driver, Lawal Tunde Rasheed, was arrested at the SAHCO export shed of MMIA on Tuesday, June 8 when he brought a consignment from his client to a freight forwarder for export to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. When the package was searched, 150grams of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/23\/photos-ndlea-arrests-brazil-based-nigerian-with-n8bn-worth-of-cocaine-seizes-24500-he-offered-as-bribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cocaine<\/a> concealed inside two pieces of air freshener were discovered.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46126 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-7.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-7-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46121 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part &#8220;A follow-up operation the following day led to the arrest of Egbo Emmanuel Maduka, in his residence on Wednesday 9th June. Investigations have so far confirmed that Egbo is behind the two seizures of 50grams of cocaine in hair attachment and another 150grams of cocaine concealed in air freshener, heading to Malabo. The seizures were made on 4th and 8th June, 2021 respectively&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Friday, 11th June, 2021, a male passenger, Udogwu James Johnson on Qatar Airlines from GRU in Brazil was arrested at D-arrival hall, MMIA, Lagos with nine wraps of cocaine that weighed 300grams in his pant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46122 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-3.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a related development, a 27-year-old final year Petroleum Engineering student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Ali Mohammed has been arrested with 3.032kg of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/07\/ndlea-intercepts-37-3kg-cocaine-heroin-skunk-at-lagos-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cannabis sativa<\/a> at a motor park in Iddo, Lagos, following a tip off on Thursday 10th June, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under interrogation, Ali who hails from Nguru, Yobe State but brought up in Lagos claimed that while on his way to the motor park in Iddo, from Obalende where he lives, he met an acquaintance, Ahmed who upon learning that he was traveling back to ATBU, Bauchi via Kano implored him (the suspect) to help deliver a travel bag containing the seized 3.032kg of cannabis sativa to one Ugo who lives in Sabon gari, Kano. Ahmed told the suspect that he would send Ugo&#8217;s phone number to him through SMS to facilitate the delivery of the consignment when he arrives Kano.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46123 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-4.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-4-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46124 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-5.png 417w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-5-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The suspect who admitted knowing that the bag contained drugs however denied receiving or being promised any form of gratification for agreeing to take the drugs to Kano,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-8.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-8-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-6.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/kunlenet07\/2021\/06\/13\/Uber-6-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Uber driver and two other traffickers with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. The spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the arrest said the Uber driver, Lawal Tunde Rasheed, was arrested at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1904,5945,3988,10733,465,1924],"class_list":["post-46119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-cocaine","tag-drug-traffickers","tag-lagos-airport","tag-lawal-tunde-rasheed","tag-ndlea","tag-uber-driver"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uber driver and 2 traffickers arrested with 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