Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has thwarted an attempt by a 26-year-old nursing student, Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, to smuggle 76 wraps of cocaine to India.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and published on the agency’s website on Sunday.
Her arrest followed a sting operation in which a courier, Cosmas Okorie, was intercepted while transporting the cocaine, concealed in an audio speaker.
In her statement, Esther claimed the drug cartel she was working for had recruited her in India and paid for her trip to Nigeria to enjoy the Christmas and New Year holidays, where she was lodged at Royal Park Hotel, and instructed to ingest the 76 pellets of cocaine sent to her from Lagos before boarding her Qatar Airways flight to India.
Esther said she was promised over $5,000 upon successful delivery of the illicit consignment.
