Juliana Francis
Anti-narcotic officers from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested two businessmen after several months of tracking them.
The Director, Media and Advocacy, at NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said: “Two businessmen who have been on the run for months over their involvement in drug trafficking were arrested by anti-narcotic officers assigned to track them. Nnebo Ikechukwu Christopher who has been wanted for his role in the importation of 40 cartons containing 346,800 pills of Co-codamol, a brand of paracetamol with Codeine seized at the cargo wing of the MMIA local airport since March 2022, was arrested on Thursday 3rd November.
“In the same vein, operatives on the trail of an automobile parts dealer, Omeje Oliver a.k.a David Mark, since April eventually arrested him on 31st October in Enugu State where he fled to after abandoning his business at Aspanda, Trade Fair Complex Lagos. He was wanted in connection with the seizure of 600 grams of heroin concealed inside soles of lady’s footwear going to Liberia on April 16.”
On the same day Omeje was arrested, operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport intercepted 550 grams of cannabis loud concealed in machine parts going to Dubai, UAE, while the sender, Ogbure Victor Ifeanyi was later arrested.
