Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims plotting to traffick drug to the holy land, Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
The suspects had plans to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday.
The Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the agency’s operatives raided Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State where some of the intending pilgrims were lodged and foiled the plot just as the suspects were about to ingest the contraband substance.
Those arrested during the operation are the quartet of Usman Kamorudeen, 31; Olasunkanmi Owolabi, 46; Fatai Yekini, 38; and a lady, Ayinla Kemi, 34.
“The four suspects were lodged in two rooms in the hotel where they had prepared 200 pellets of cocaine weighing 2.20 kilograms to swallow when NDLEA officers stormed their rooms.
“One hundred wraps of the Class A substance were recovered from each of the two rooms, bringing the total seized cocaine to 200 wraps. Two suspects were to swallow 100 wraps each,” he stated.
