NDLEA arrests drug lord with 93 cocaine wraps in Lagos

<p>The recruited courier, Uju Dominic, 35, came from Italy just to ingest the pellets of cocaine on Friday and return to Italy on Saturday.</p>, <span>Drug Lord intercepted with 93 wraps of cocaine. NDLEA</span>, <h2>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, with 93 wraps of cocaine in Lagos.</h2>, <p>The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.</p>, <p>Babafemi said that the notorious drug kingpin specialised in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe especially Italy.</p>, <p>He said that the suspect was shocked when NDLEA operatives stormed his hotel room and arrested him together with a courier in Okota area of Lagos, late on Friday.</p>, <p>Babafemi said the drug lord was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.</p>, <p>He said that the recruited courier, Uju Dominic, 35, came from Italy just to ingest the pellets of cocaine on Friday and return to Italy on Saturday.</p>, <p>“True to plan, upon the arrival in Nigeria, the mule was lodged in Golden Heaven Hotel located at Enoma street off Ago-Palace way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos.</p>, <p>“This is where Uwagbale brought 93 wraps of the class A drug for him to swallow at about 23:45pm Friday night.</p>, <p>“They were in the process when NDLEA operatives who have been on their trail following credible intelligence stormed their hotel room, arrested both and recovered the drug exhibits with a total weight of 1.427 kilograms,” he</p>, <p>Babafemi also said operatives of the Lagos state Command who made the arrest and seizure, had on Thursday recovered 37.5kg cannabis from the home of a fleeing suspect at Akala in Mushin area of Lagos.</p>