A 33-year-old Senegalese woman, Miss Kamara Oumou
was on Wednesday apprehended with 680 grammes of heroin and cocaine carefully
hidden in her private parts at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport
(MMIA) Lagos, while attempting to board an Arik Air flight to Dakar.
She was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug
Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The suspect with Senegal international passport
number 400680371 claimed she had to smuggle the drugs due to the love she had
for her Nigerian boyfriend.
She was arrested during the screening of passengers
at the airport.
Commenting on Miss Oumou’s arrest, NDLEA Airport
Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar said that the suspect used industrial tape to stick
three parcels of cocaine, weighing 515 grammes on her waist while 6 wraps of
heroin weighing 165 grammes were inserted in her private parts.
He said, “it was a carefully concealed method but
not intelligent enough to escape our detection.”
Mr Umar said they were shocked beyond imagination
over Miss Oumou’s revelation of smuggling the drugs for love she had for her
Nigerian
boyfriend whom she identified as Hakeem.
boyfriend whom she identified as Hakeem.
According to him, “preliminary investigation
revealed that they both met in Dakar where Hakeem is believed to have lived for
11 years. Their
relationship lasted only six months before Hakeem left Dakar in December 2012. Hakeem invited Kamara to Lagos from Dakar and lodged her in a hotel where they both spent a week together.
relationship lasted only six months before Hakeem left Dakar in December 2012. Hakeem invited Kamara to Lagos from Dakar and lodged her in a hotel where they both spent a week together.
“Within this period, he made necessary arrangement
for Kamara to go back with the drugs.”
Narrating her ordeals, Kamara said that it was her
first time of seeing drugs.
“I have had a good relationship with Hakeem until my
arrest. The day he brought the drugs to the hotel room was my first time ever
of seeing drugs.
“He called the drugs ‘products’ and that his
business partners are unfaithful and he wants me to take the products to Dakar
because he had trust in me.
“Hakeem taught me how to pack the drugs and also
took care of my travel arrangements. He said that he lives in the East, but he
took good care of me in a hotel in Lagos. We were to travel together to Dakar
but he suddenly changed the arrangement. Hakeem travelled to Dakar a day before
my trip” Kamara stated.
“How can I ask my boyfriend to pay me? I smuggled
the drugs for the love I have for my Nigerian boyfriend” Kamara affirmed.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu
Giade has urged members of the public to be weary of the tricks employed by
drug traffickers.
“It is wrong to commit crimes. No reason is strong
enough to get engaged in drug trafficking. Drug barons may claim to be in love
with unsuspecting couriers. They may even present themselves as
philanthropists, members of the public are advised to shun drug trafficking”
Giade said.
Pathetic!!Love indeed
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