NDLEA arrest fake couple with 84 wraps of cocaine

NDLEA agents detained a fictitious couple: Mr. Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Mrs. Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum, who were allegedly travelling to India for medical treatment after consuming 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilogrammes, along with 100 grammes of the drug hidden in the woman's private area.

The two suspects were stopped on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to India at Screening Point 1, Terminal 1 of the international side of the Lagos airport.

Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi said, “Though their travel documents show consistency in their names and depict them as a couple, an NDLEA officer however decided to subject them to body scan”.

“The scan confirmed they both ingested drugs as a result of which they were later placed on excretion observation at the Agency’s facility.

“While their travel documents identify the man as Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and the lady to be Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum, preliminary investigation revealed that the intending passengers were not a couple but obtained the travel documents in the same surname to beat security checks at the airport.

“The lady later gave her real name as Ngogbike Nkechi.

“During her interview, she confessed that she was recruited in her church in Aba, Abia state where she lives.

“The suspect, Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum (aka Ngogbike Nkechi) stated further that she is a divorcee, and that Kingsley with whom she was travelling is not her husband but connected only for the purpose of the illicit drug business trip.

“She revealed that her arranged husband, Kingsley brought the pellets of cocaine to her in her room to ingest in the hotel where they were both lodged in separate rooms the previous day Monday 31st July.

“After their arrest, a thorough search conducted on her led to the discovery of a big size wrap of cocaine that weighed 100 grams she inserted into her private part.

“She confessed that she was promised Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) upon successful delivery of the drug in India.

“In his own statement, Kingsley who was into the clothing business in Onitsha, Anambra state, claimed he was promised two thousand dollars ($2,000) after a successful delivery of the drug in India.

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