Woman Caught With Cannbis At Lagos Airport [See Photo]

A 37-year-old mother of three, Ezeh Ifeoma Maureen
(pictured above), has been arrested with substances
suspected to be cannabis by the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
According to The Nation, Maureen was caught at the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in
Ikeja, Lagos, during outward screening of China-bound
Ethiopian Airlines’ passengers for allegedly attempting
to smuggle 6.200 kilogrammes of dried weeds that
tested positive for cannabis.
The agency’s Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar,
said the suspect told the officers that her bags contained
vegetables and foodstuff.
“She declared the content of her bags as vegetables and
foodstuff, but during a search, the vegetables turned out
to be cannabis weighing 6.200 kilogrammes.
The drug was packed in two parcels.”
The suspect, who hails from Anambra State, said:
“I am a business woman; I sell women’s clothes at the
Onitsha main market.
I usually export foodstuff to China and import female
dresses to Nigeria.
One of my customers in China called to tell me that his
brother would give me two parcels of vegetables to
bring to him.
I collected the parcels at the airport from the boy.
Unfortunately, when they tested them, I was told that
they contained cannabis.”
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade,
advised the public to learn from the cases of those
arrested for drug trafficking.
“This mother of three children would have been killed
in China for drug trafficking if she was not
apprehended here.
It is important for the public to learn from her
experience and shun drug trafficking,” he said.
Giade warned passengers not to collect items from
people, who will not be there during a search.
The suspect, Giade said, would be charged to court for
unlawful possession of, and attempt to export cannabis.