Nigeria influencer arrested after seizure of cocaine worth $28m destined for the UK

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said 184.5kg of cocaine was recovered concealed in brownish boxes at a courier installation in Lagos on Monday 3 August. The bureau said it was being exported by an international trafficking web that for years had used Nigeria as a transit hub to move drugs to the UK, other parts of Europe and to Asia. Micheal was arrested 10 days later at Lagos's Murtala Mohammed International Airport as he attempted to leave the state on a business‑class formation to the French capital. "Upon credible quality that helium intended to fly the country… our operatives moved decisively and apprehended him astatine the boarding gate… conscionable arsenic helium attempted to flight the scope of the law," the caput of the NDLEA, General Buba Marwa, said. Micheal was carrying much than $12,840 successful currency successful 3 currencies - euros, pounds and naira - arsenic good arsenic costly jewellery "consistent with the proceeds of his illicit trade" erstwhile helium was arrested, the bureau said. A 2nd detained suspect, Lawal Mujab Kehinde, is alleged to person been a unit subordinate of a logistics institution done which the cocaine was transported. The NDLEA alleged the 33-year-old packaged cocaine for export and was paid in cash. Kehinde has not commented on the allegations or been charged in court. The bureau said different suspected members of the web successful the UK person besides been arrested by counterpart instrumentality enforcement agencies overseas. The BBC is chasing the UK authorities for comment. Marwa said the arrests demonstrated what could beryllium achieved erstwhile planetary agencies worked unneurotic and vowed to prosecute different members of the network. "We volition way you to the departure gates if we must," helium said astatine a quality league successful Lagos.