Not long after she was arrested and released for attempting to smuggle drugs concealed in food to a suspect in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), nursing mother, Mariam Adetilewa Dirisu, has been arrested again for trafficking drugs, spokesman Femi Babafemi said yesterday in a statement.
Dirisu was caught by operatives for trafficking 5kg of skunk and 8.1g of molly.
Babafemi said Dirisu claims to be a part-time 400-level student of International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of Benin.
The 35-year-old mother of a two month-old-baby was first arrested on October 21, 2021 by the Edo State Command for allegedly smuggling cannabis in fufu, a local staple, to the suspect.
NDLEA chair Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Retd), that day, directed that she be counselled and released immediately because of her young baby.
“Curiously, a controlled delivery operation carried out by operatives of the Delta State Command of the Agency on Saturday 30th October again led to the arrest of Mariam who had ordered for the drugs from Lagos even while still on bail for an earlier offence,” Babafemi said.
The spokesman said two suspected fake security agents; Umar Ibrahim and Sadiq Abubakar, as well as their accomplice, Auwal Hassan, were arrested in Kogi while conveying 105.4kg of cannabis.
They were transporting the illicit drug from Ondo State to Kaduna on Saturday 30th October in a Mercedes Benz C 180 car with registration number Abuja BWR 924 KH, the statement said.
The statement also said, “Desperate efforts by drug cartels to export different quantities of Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine and Cannabis to London, United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos have been scuttled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
“Narcotic officers of the Agency had on Thursday 28th October during outward routine clearance of cargo at NAHCO export shed of the airport intercepted 20 parcels of Cocaine weighing 1.2kg concealed in packets of Zee black soap; 23 parcels of Heroin weighing 1.4kg hidden in packets of Zee black soap and 39 parcels of 2.35kg Methamphetamine concealed in Dudu-Osun black soap packets