LAGOS - The Seme Border Command of the NDLEA on Saturday said it arrested five suspected trans-border drug traffickers who attempted to smuggle 3.5 kg of cocaine into Nigeria .
A statement by Mr. Ofoyeju Mitchel, NDLEA’s spokesman, said two of the suspects concealed the drug in the sole of their shoes, while the others ingested it.
The statement, made available to newsmen in Lagos , said three of the suspects were arrested at Seme town and the other two at Gbaji check point along the Lagos-Badagry expressway.
It quoted the Seme Border Commander, Alhaji Isah Adoro, as saying that four of the suspects, one of who is 23 years old and the other three in their 30s, were arrested last month.
The statement said the fifth, a Guinean, was 30 years old.
It noted that one of the suspects who claimed to be a supplier of telephone accessories was found to be neck-deep in the illicit act.
“In a confessional statement, the suspect accepted ownership of 57 wraps of substance he ingested which tested positive for cocaine and weighed 1.179 kg.
“He confessed that he ingested the drug in Guinea and travelled from Conakry to Nigeria by road,” the statement said.
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