Prolonged Stay in Toilet Gives Drug Suspect Away

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Friday, March 4th, 2011

Nigerian antinarcotic officials have arrested a suspected drug trafficker for overstaying in the toilet during screening of passengers on Turkish Airline flight to Turkey.

Mbah Jude Ifunanya, a 39-year-old man, attracted the attention of narcotic detectives by his prolonged stay in the toilet during outward screening of the Istanbul-bound flight.

The development raised the suspicion of undercover officers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, who later detected that the man had swallowed 67 pellets of illicit drug, while the result of his body scan obtained at the airport confirmed the ingestion of drugs.

Airport Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Hamza Umar, described the arrest as nemesis.

He stated that while under observation, “the suspect excreted substances that tested positive to cocaine weighing 1.110kg.”

The suspect, who has spent five years in Prague, Czech Republic, swallowed the drug in expectation of 5,000 Euros.

While accepting responsibility for his action, Mbah said that his intention was to smuggle the drug to Italy. His travel route is Lagos-Istanbul- Prague and Italy.

Mbah, who hails from Udi Town, Enugu State and married to two women, said that he used to work in factories but had been jobless for over three months.

“I visited Nigeria in October last year for my mother’s burial. When I got back in November, I lost my job. That was why I came to spend the end of year at home. I love to work and earn money but frustration led me into drug trafficking. This is my first time. The drug was disturbing my stomach and I could not control myself. I was pressed and in pains, so I overstayed in the toilet,” he said.

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