A fifty-seven year-old grandmother, and textile merchant at Balogun market in Lagos, who was travelling to Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage, has been arrested with cocaine concealed in her luggage, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement on Saturday.
Odeyemi Omolara Morayo who claimed to be going on a pilgrimage to Jedda, Saudi Arabia had all the paraphernalia of a pilgrim save for the narcotic content of her luggage, said NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba explained that the two parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine were carefully concealed inside her luggage.
“A female passenger, Odeyemi Omolara Morayo with a valid Egypt air ticket from Lagos to Saudi Arabia had been arrested with 1.595kg of cocaine. The cocaine which was concealed in a false bottom of her bag was discovered during routine check on passengers at the departure hall. We had to cut the bag open to recover the cocaine because of the way it was neatly concealed. She was immediately arrested and the case is currently under investigation”.
In her statement, the suspect said that her friend and customer was the one that introduced her into drug trafficking.
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