A 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean Pierre, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for trying to export 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to the Middle East through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja.
The NDLEA had on Wednesday 23rd August, 2023, thwarted his plan, and recovered the illicit drug.
During outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 404 from Abuja to the Middle East via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Erasmus Jean Pierre was nabbed by operatives of the agency.
The NDLEA operatives while having a thorough search of his luggage, discovered some whitish powdery illicit substance factory packed in different parts of the bag.
A statement by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi say preliminary investigation indicated that the South African arrived Lagos through Abidjan, Côte dIvoire on Saturday 19th August, came to Abuja on Tuesday 22nd August, and took possession of the brown bag containing the drug consignment on Wednesday 23rd August before heading to the Abuja airport for his flight out of Nigeria.
