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| Uwimana |
A Burundian, Aisha Uwimana, has been
arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for
trafficking substances found to be heroin.
A statement by the NDLEA Head of Public
Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said Uwimana was caught at the Muritala
Muhammed International Airport with 2.390 kilogrammes of heroin hidden
in her hand luggage. She had boarded Rwanda Air from Burundi into
Nigeria.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamzar Umar, confirmed the arrest.
He said, “A Burundian by name, Aisha
Uwimana, had in her hand luggage two parcels of powdery substance that
tested positive for heroin weighing 2.390kg. The case is under
investigation.”
Uwimana in her statement to narcotic investigators claimed the bag was given to her by a Nigerian boyfriend.
She said, “My boyfriend gave me the bag he brought from Tanzania. He promised to marry me and...
take care of my only daughter.
“We were to come to Nigeria together
but he later said that he will join me the following day. I trusted him
because he was nice to me.”
Meanwhile, two detectives from the
Switzerland Federal Department of Justice and Police have arrived
Nigeria on a drug control cooperation mission with the NDLEA.
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