Photo:‘Pastor’ Effiong.
A ‘Pastor,’ Anietie Effiong, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 3 drums of illicit drug weighing about 90 kilograms from India.
NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the suspect, who is alleged to be a trans-border drug dealer, was arrested for being in possession of three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri.
According to him, the consignment which weighed 90 kilograms was loaded into a commercial bus with registration number RSH 691XC in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos State.
He said: “The dangerous drug was intercepted during a stop and search operation along Umuahia – Ikot Ekpene highway on Saturday, August 6.
“The substance which was packed 30kg in each drum was meant for Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong, who was arrested in a follow up operation at Oron beach in Oron.
“The recovered Meth drums were meant for onward delivery to the Republic of Cameroon.
“This comes on the heels of four seizures of the same illicit substance weighing 4.074kg going to Australia, Indonesia and Philippines.
“This also comes with a 3kg cannabis sativa heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at some courier companies in Lagos.
“The consignments were concealed in body cream, hot burner iron, and beads.”
