NDLEA rescues drug smuggler from possible death

A 42 year old man identified as Joel Tochukwu Umeozor would have been a dead man had he made it past the NDLEA officials at the Murtala Mohammed airport. Tochukwu was nabbed with 1.305 kilos of Cocaine while attempting to board a Qatar flight to China where drug offenders are sentenced to death.

When Tochukwu was asked if he knew that drug offenders were killed in China, He said he was ignorant of that. Umeozor, who hails from Anambra State, stated that he could not further his educational career beyond Primary school due to financial constraints. He said that poverty drove him into the risky business adding that he had been given quit notice by his landlord and that his wife had just given birth to their third child whom he had not paid the hospital bills for.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, said that the suspect tested positive for drug ingestion during search operation.

“The suspect was intercepted during the outward screening of Qatar passengers to China. Umeozor Joel Tochukwu was positive for narcotic ingestion. During observation, he excreted 71 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.305kg,” Hamza stated.