NDLEA Nabs Pastor Attempting To Smuggle Drugs To South Africa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday said it had arrested a pastor who had allegedly wanted to smuggle 1.978 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be narcotics to South Africa.

The suspect, a pastor with the Gospel Faith Mission International, Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, was arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu.

The agency’s commander at the airport, Mr Nsikak-Abasi Udoh, said that the pastor was arrested when he was trying to abandon his luggage at the arrival hall for fear of arrest.

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 “Mr Daniel Lanre Akintola unlawfully possessed 1.978kg of heroin while returning from Entebbe, a major town in Central Uganda.
“He wanted to abandon the luggage but we detected his intention.
“The drug was carefully concealed in a false bottom of his luggage,Let me appeal to members of the public to report drug dealers to the nearest NDLEA office,” the statement said.(NAN)