The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a popular Ghanaian comedian, Musah Iddrisu, for ingesting drugs.
According to reports, Iddrisu, aka Charles Udunehi, was arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, during the outward screening of Ethiopian airline passengers.
A Congolese, Inana Cedrick, was also arrested in same airport during an inward screening for Ethiopian Airlines.
NDLEA Commander at the airport, Mr. Udoh Nsikak-Abasi, said, “Iddrisu was found to have ingested 450 grammes of cocaine. He was on his way to Thailand. Cedrick was caught with 1.500 kilogrammes of heroin which he tried importing into the country.”
The heroin was said to have been hidden inside a luggage.
He added that a third suspect believed to be an accomplice of Cedrick is also in custody.
He said: “A third suspect, a Nigerian, John Nwadilichukwu, was also arrested. He was to receive Cedrick at the airport, collect the drug and pay him for smuggling the drug.”
20-year-old Cedrick, who claimed to be a secondary school student in Tanzania, said, “I was given the drug in Nairobi by a Nigerian woman who told me to give the drug to her husband, Nwadilichukwu, in Enugu.
He added: I wanted to use the money they promised to pay me in buying beads for sale in Tanzania. I am a secondary school student from a poor home.”
Iddrisu claimed he bought the cocaine for $19,000 and was planning to sell them on his arrival in Thailand.
“I got involved in drug trafficking because of my financial predicament”, he said.
“I bought the drugs in Ghana, ingested it and came to Enugu airport. As it is a new airport, I felt the security will not be like other airports, but I was wrong”, Iddrisu added.
The NDLEA chairman, Mr. Ahmadu Giade, said adequate efforts had been made to apprehend drug traffickers at the Enugu airport.
He said: “We have already deployed our officials to the Enugu airport before it commenced international flights. Adequate security measures have been put in place to apprehend drug traffickers at the airport.”
