The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a mother of three, Lydia Lami for alleged drug trafficking.
Lami’s arrest was confirmed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday.
According to the NLDEA, Lami was nabbed while trying to ship 700 tablets of tramadol 225mg to Turkey where she lives with her family.
The suspect, an indigene Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna according to Babafemi was apprehended with 5.1 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa.
“A female passenger, Lydia Lami, was on Sunday, July 31, arrested at the Lagos airport for attempting to export 1,700 tablets of tramadol 225mg concealed in her luggage to Istanbul, Turkey, via a Turkish Airline flight.
“Preliminary investigation by the NDLEA revealed that the suspect, a mother of three, hails from Zango Kataf LGA in Kaduna State, and lives in Istanbul, Turkey, with her family.
“Lydia blamed her action on pressure to raise N5m ransom to free her mother from the captivity of bandits, who kidnapped her since June this year,” the statement added.
