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Crime & Punishment of Sunday, 2 October 2022

Source: lindaikejisblog.com

NDLEA arrests Turkey-bound businesswoman with drug concealed inside foodstuff at Abuja airport

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Attempt by a 31-year-old businesswoman, Mrs. Pamela Odin, to traffic 2.150kg tablets of rohypnol through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to Istanbul, Turkey has been thwarted by Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the mother of one was arrested on Friday 23rd Sept. while attempting to board a Turkish airline flight with the drug concealed inside pepper and packed among foodstuff.

The indigene of Afiesere village, Ughelli North Local Government, Delta State said she operates a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey but came to Nigeria to see her relatives and buy food items for her business.