Nigerian journalist arrested for drug trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested and currently interrogating a 48-year old Brazil-based Nigerian journalist, Mr Anagbogu Churchill Okwudili, a patent medicine dealer, Enenchi Jerome Oguejiefor, 36, a 25-year-old spinster, Miss Gabriel Chidimma Juliet and three others for drug trafficking.

The six suspects were said to have been apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) by operatives of the NDLEA with 13.410kg of substances that tested positive for narcotics.

While the journalist, Okwudili ingested 47 wraps of cocaine weighing 940 grammes, Juliet and Oguejiefor were caught with 2.900kg of cocaine in duty free bag and 5.500kg of cannabis concealed inside fufu respectively.

Six held for alleged bid to swallow $156,000 cash

SIX persons, including a Bureau de Change (BDC) operator, have been arrested for allegedly trying to swallow $156,000 in a money laundering bid.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Joint Task Force (JTF) smashed the money laundering syndicate at a hotel on Airport Road, Ikeja, Lagos.

This is the second suspected money laundering case involving a BDC operator in two months.

The suspects are: Kingsley Nwokenta, the BDC operator, who is also known as Buchito, Augustine Onwuasoanya and Christian Ifor, who are based in Brazil.

Others are Emmanuel Nwokenta, Ikenna Ezenwa, and Uzoma Ezenwa, the hotel manager.