NDLEA: Ex-beauty Queen Declared Wanted After NDLEA Catches Brazil Returnee With Cocaine

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Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus, a returnee from Brazil, has been taken into custody by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport. 1.279 kg, or 60 wraps, of cocaine were consumed by Udechukwu during a flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil.Doubting

This was announced in a statement released on the agency website on Sunday and signed by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy.

According to the statement, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus, a returnee from Brazil, was detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, for consuming sixty large wraps of cocaine.

The suspect was detained in the D-Arrival Hall during the inward passenger check process on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

NDLEA said Udechukwu claimed in his statement that he ingested the consignment in Brazil and was to discharge everything at the airport in Addis Ababa but could only excrete 15 pellets which he handed over to another member of his syndicate before his connecting flight to Nigeria was called.

Additionally, NDLEA operatives recovered 12 cartons of tramadol weighing 385.40kg from an overstayed cargo at the SAHCO import shed at Lagos airport. The tramadol arrived in two batches on KLM Royal Dutch Airline flights from Karachi, Pakistan, between July 27 and August 1, 2023.

In separate operations, NDLEA seized 822 kilograms of cannabis sativa in Yobe, arrested suspects in Yobe, Kogi, and Kano states, and intercepted a truck carrying cannabis, tramadol, and diazepam pills in Gombe-Bauchi road.

The agency also declared ex-beauty queen Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas wanted after she escaped during a raid on her Lekki residence, where cannabis and drug-related items were found.

The statement said, “Meanwhile, an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye has been declared wanted by the Agency after she escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence when NDLEA operatives raided her apartment at Oral estate, Lekki on Wednesday 24th January following credible intelligence she deals in illicit substances.

“The suspect was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and the founder of Queen Christmas Foundation.

“Recovered from her home during the search witnessed by the estate officials include 606 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an electronic weighing scale, large quantities of drugs packing plastics, a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame among others.”

Members of an international drug trafficking syndicate, Sunday Michael Owoborode and Valentine Anene, were also arrested in Ogun state, while Sunday Adediran was apprehended in Lagos with 20kg of cannabis sativa.

Source: Punch Newspaper

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