- By Halimah Olamide
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on Friday said an airport official who was caught smuggling drugs into the luggage of a passenger has been arrested and in custody of the agency.
NPO Reports that the airport official, who was said to be an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria initially, was seen in a now viral video being questioned by the passenger who dealt him some slaps while asking for the content of he put inside his luggage.
The official, NPO Reports found, is however not a staff of FAAN but that of a freight company operating at the airport.
Femi Babafemi, Head of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, confirmed in an inquiry by the NPO Reports on Friday that the suspect and the substances are in the custody of the agency.
“Both the suspect and consignment are with us. The suspect is however not a FAAN personnel but a staff of a freight company. One of the two substances in the consignment tested positive to tramadol and the other supplement. Further investigation ongoing,” Babafemi said