A 48-year-old drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for sponsoring young Nigerians to traffic cocaine to Europe, particularly Italy.
Uwagbale was apprehended in his hotel room in Lagos while preparing a courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.
The courier, Uju Dominic, had been recruited by Uwagbale from Italy with a deal to come to Nigeria, ingest 100 pellets of cocaine, and return to Italy the next day.
However, NDLEA operatives stormed their hotel room and arrested both of them, recovering the drug exhibits with a total weight of 1.427 kilograms. The NDLEA had been on their trail following credible intelligence.
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