The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had arrested a 42-year-old Kenyan female dancer with cocaine
weighing 5.345kg at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)
Lagos.
Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman of the agency, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos.
He said that the dancer, identified as Samira Johnson, allegedly concealed the narcotics in some school bags.
``The suspect was found in possession of four blue parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine weighing 5.345kg.
``Johnson, who was born in Mombasa, travelled with a Kenyan international passport with number A1536020.
``She departed Bujumbura in Burundi en-route Nairobi to Lagos on a Kenyan Airways flight.
``During routine screening, she was found with four parcels of cocaine concealed in school bags. She claimed to be a professional dancer in Kenya.
``She claimed she was given the school bags in Bujumbura by a friend to deliver in Nigeria.
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Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman of the agency, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos.
He said that the dancer, identified as Samira Johnson, allegedly concealed the narcotics in some school bags.
``The suspect was found in possession of four blue parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine weighing 5.345kg.
``Johnson, who was born in Mombasa, travelled with a Kenyan international passport with number A1536020.
``She departed Bujumbura in Burundi en-route Nairobi to Lagos on a Kenyan Airways flight.
``During routine screening, she was found with four parcels of cocaine concealed in school bags. She claimed to be a professional dancer in Kenya.
``She claimed she was given the school bags in Bujumbura by a friend to deliver in Nigeria.
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