The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Vivien Tarmadji, a Chadian lady at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 234.35 grams of heroin concealed in her private part while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight en route Addis Ababa-Italy.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said on Friday in Abuja that the trafficker was apprehended by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding gate after being scanned.
The suspect said the owner of the drug was to pay her 10,000 Euros for the successful delivery of the drug to Italy.
Babafemi said, “under interrogation, the suspect claimed she was contacted by a man who called her from Italy to collect the drug from one man who delivered the illicit substance to her in a hotel she lodged in Lagos early in the morning.
“She said that this was before she took her flight to Abuja the same day for an onward journey to Italy.
“She further claimed that the man brought 50 wraps of heroin for her to swallow but she couldn’t, and as such, she decided to insert 18 wraps into her private part and returned the remaining to the man that brought the drug to her in the hotel,” Babafemi said.
“The suspect also said that she came into Nigeria to raise money to pay for her house and shop rents which had expired in Italy, as life has been so difficult since the coming in of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“She said the owner of the drug was to pay her 10,000 Euro for the successful delivery of the drug to Italy.”
