Lagos, June 6, 2024 – The National drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA} on Wednesday raided Emerald Hotel in Lagos and arrested four intending pilgrims for 2024 Hajj for planning to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight to Saudi Arabia.
Those arrested are 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 r
One hundred wraps of the Class A substance were recovered from each of the two rooms bringing the total seizure to 200 wraps. Two suspects were to swallow 100 wraps each.
Buba Marwa, the Chief Executive of the Agency, commended the commander, officers and men of the Lagos state Command of NDLEA, which conducted the operation
He promised that the Agency would work with our counterparts in Saudi Arabia to ensure that the designated recipients of seized illicit drug consignments in any part of Saudi Arabia are also traced and dealt with accordingly. (GBN)
