Operatives of the Nigerian Drug Law Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug dealer trying to export 69.65 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and cannabis to the United Kingdom through NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in a church at Ojodu, Ikeja area of Lagos State.
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had traced the wanted drug dealer, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, on Sunday, August 15, 2021, to a popular pentecostal church at Mike Ajari Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos where they arrested him soon after he stepped out of the church service.
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His arrest followed the interception of a consignment of illicit drugs weighing 69.65kg going to the UK through the Lagos airport on Thursday, August 12, 2021.
The illegal baggage had been sent to the airport for export through a freight forwarding company, which in turn gave a driver to deliver at the NAHCO export shed. Following the arrest of the driver, follow-up operations and investigations later revealed the true identity of the owner of the consignment, Stephen Afam Ike Anyonwu, who was arrested three days later in a sting operation.
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