Leader of union by sponsoring pilgrims to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during the arrest of the pilgrimage

The agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered and dismantled a union that sponsors the pilgrims to serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage.

This is contained in a declaration issued by the director of the media and defense, Ndlea, Mr. Femi Babafemi Sunday in Abuja.

He declared that the recovery followed the arrest of the leaders of the Kano cartel.

Babafemi said that the arrest of the agents made the arrest of the pins on Tuesday and Wednesday in Kano.

This, he said it was the sequel to the arrest of two pilgrims at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (Makia) Kano on May 26th.

This added that it was during the external authorization of passengers on the flight of the Ethiopian airline Et 940 to Jedda, Saudi Arabia.

“The interdiction of the meaningless pilgrims at the final screening point of Ndlea at Kano airport was based on a credible intelligence.

“When they were taken for scan, the result confirmed the ingestion of illegal substances.

“They were subsequently placed on the observation of the excretion during which they excreted 45 cocaine windings each, bringing the total for both of 90 pellets with a total weight of 1.04 kg.

“The investigations soon revealed their sponsors as the leader of a notorious drug trafficking network, specialized in the trafficking of illegal drugs with Saudi Arabia.

“A quick follow-up operation was performed and were arrested,” he said.

In a related development, the agents Ndlea at Kano Airport Wednesday, intercepted a 60 -year businessman during the external authorization of the Qatar Airways QR1432 flight in Iran.

Babafemi said that his body scan confirmed that he had ingested illegal substances due to which he was placed at the observation of the excretion during which he excreted 65 cocaine windings that weigh 1.41 kg.

In another operation in Kano, the agents of patrol long Kano-Maiduguri Road, on Friday, intercepted two men with $ 900,000 in cash suspected of being counterfeit.

Babafemi said that the suspicions and the exhibition would be transferred to the appropriate agency for further investigations.