NDLEA rearrested nursing mother a week after granted bail

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have rearrested a nursing mother identified as Mariam Adetilewa Dirisu, barely a week after she was arrested and granted bail for attempting to smuggle drugs concealed in cassava flour meal.

The arrest happened after men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted London, United Kingdom-bound consignments of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said narcotic officers on Thursday, October 28, during outward routine clearance of cargoes at the NAHCO export shed of the airport intercepted 20 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.2 kilogrammes concealed in packets of Zee black soap.

Also recovered were 23 parcels of heroin weighing 1.4kg hidden in packets of Zee black soap and 39 parcels of 2.35kg methamphetamine concealed in another black soap packet.

Babafemi recalled that on October 21, a cargo was intercepted at the NAHCO shed of the MMIA, where 7.35kgs of cannabis concealed inside some tablets of a black soap was recovered.

The spokesman noted that three suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures.

“Barely a week after she was arrested and granted bail for attempting to smuggle drugs concealed in cassava flour meal called ‘akpu’ into NDLEA cell for a suspect in custody, a nursing mother who claimed to be a part-time 400-level student of International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of Benin, Mariam Adetilewa Dirisu, has again been arrested for trafficking in 5kg skunk and 8.1grams of Molly.

“The 35-year-old mother of a two month-old-baby was first arrested on October 21 by the Edo State Command of the agency. The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), had on the same day directed that she be counselled and released immediately because of the young baby she was carrying.

“Curiously, a controlled delivery operation carried out by operatives of the Delta State Command of the agency on Saturday, October 30, again led to the arrest of Mariam, who ordered the drugs from Lagos, even while still on bail for an earlier offence,” the statement added.

Also Babafemi stated that, “Raids on three black spots in Oshodi, Ikeja and Ogba areas of Lagos State on October 23 also led to the arrest of a 15-year-old female SS II student of the Idi-Araba Senior High School, Walaka Adams, who was arrested at 72, Mafoluku Road, Oshodi, with 100g of cannabis sativa; Sodiq Ganun, a 24-year-old wielder with 200g of cannabis at the same address; and Tajudeen Azeez, arrested at Ipodo, Ikeja, with 9g of cocaine. At a drug joint in the Ogba area of Ikeja, different quantities of abandoned drugs, such as molly, rohypnol and codeine-based syrups were also recovered.”

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