A trader was caught with drugs in crafish and melon sack......

      Mr Jude Izuchukwu, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while trying to smuggle a 9.375 kilogramme of compressed cannabis out of the country.                                                      
    
        HG source learnt that the suspect, who claimed to be “living from hand to mouth,” was apprehended on Monday by officials of NDLEA while attempting to board an Ethiopian flight to China but unfortunaately for him he was caught after his luggage were searched..
     
       The cannabis was concealed in dried fish, dried bitter leaf, crayfish, melon and other local food spices. The weight of the cannabis is 9.375kg,hamza announced that though the suspect said he had bought the cannabis for #104.00

       The Anambra-born alleged smuggler claimed he was forced into drug trafficking as a result of poverty. He said life had not been easy for him and his family since he was duped of ₦5m.

       The apprehended smuggler also narrated about his life....“I sell clothes at Lagos Island. My business was doing well until I was duped of ₦5m. Since then, I have been living from hand to mouth.“I bought the hemp for ₦104, 000 and I learnt that I could sell it for $9,000 in China. That was the reason I decided to smuggle drugs,” Izuckwu said. The Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, said the suspect’s reason for engaging in the crime was baseless.

      “Somebody who could afford a return ticket and buy drugs worth ₦100, 000 is not a pauper,” Giade said.