A
34-year-old housewife, Ngozi Nsofor, has been arrested by operatives of
the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for attempting to export 195
grammes of heroin to her husband in Liberia.
The drug was allegedly concealed inside
a bag of female artificial hair and was intercepted on Tuesday during a
search of luggage to Monrovia via an Arik flight at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
A mother of five, Nsofor said the bag
was sent to her by her husband. She claimed ignorance of the heroin that
was found hidden in the bag.
She said, “My husband called me from
Liberia, where he lives, that somebody will give me a bag. He told me to
buy female artificial hair, put in the bag and send it back to him.
“I bought the hair attachment as
instructed by my husband. This is not my first time of sending goods to
my husband. Unfortunately, heroin was discovered in the bag during a
search by officers at the airport. I was shocked at the discovery. I
ought to be preparing for my New Year celebration back home, but I am
here writing a statement.”
