NDLEA arrests pastor attempting to smuggle drugs to South Africa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday said it had arrested a pastor who had allegedly wanted to smuggle 1.978 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be narcotics to South Africa.

The suspect, a pastor with the Gospel Faith Mission International, Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, was arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu.

The agency’s commander at the airport, Mr Nsikak-Abasi Udoh, said that the pastor was arrested when he was trying to abandon his luggage at the arrival hall for fear of arrest.

 “Mr Daniel Lanre Akintola unlawfully possessed 1.978kg of heroin while returning from Entebbe, a major town in Central Uganda.

“He wanted to abandon the luggage but we detected his intention.

“The drug was carefully concealed in a false bottom of his luggage,Let me appeal to members of the public to report drug dealers to the nearest NDLEA office,” the statement said.(NAN)