Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of illicit drugs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to him, the suspect, a Chinese national naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on May 17 upon her arrival in Nigeria from Thailand via Dubai aboard an Emirates flight.
Babafemi said the suspect was intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the Terminal 2 Arrival Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
He stated that investigations revealed the suspect travelled from Malaysia to Thailand before proceeding to Nigeria through the United Arab Emirates with two large travel boxes containing 31 kilograms of suspected Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis.
According to the NDLEA spokesman, the suspect claimed during interrogation that she works as a caregiver in Malaysia.
“She stated that her daughter sponsored her trip from Malaysia to Thailand and subsequently to Nigeria.
“She also disclosed that she spent two weeks in Thailand before she was handed the illicit consignment at the Thailand airport for delivery in Nigeria,” he said.
Babafemi added that investigations into the case were ongoing
