Two women arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs out of the country

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested two
women for attempting to smuggle cocaine and cannabis out of Nigeria.
The women, Modinat Alake and Mbonu Chizoba, were arrested at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport for attempting to smuggle 4.450kg
of cocaine to India and 7kg of cannabis to China, respectively.
The Head, Public Affairs of NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, in a statement
issued in Lagos on Monday, said both suspects were apprehended by
officers of the agency.
In the statement also, the NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr Ahmadu Garba,
said Alake was a trader while Mbonu was working as a clearing and
forwarding agent.
“Chizoba is a second offender as she was first apprehended in 2013 for
attempting to export a luggage containing narcotics,” the statement quoted
Garba as saying.
The statement said the suspects were currently assisting narcotic
investigators with facts relating to the hard drugs.
“The suspects would soon be arraigned,” the statement added.