Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Firm (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA) Lagos have actually arrested a middle-aged woman, Dorothy Onyekasi, for faking pregnancy along with 86 pellets of a substance suspected to be cocaine. 
Dorothy, a mother of three, was arrested throughout the inward screening of passengers on the subject of an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The substance located on the subject of her has actually an aggregate weight of 1.720kg and an estimated street value of N20.6 thousand naira.
Chairperson of NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd,) described recent drug seizures at the MMIA as a constituting a signal to drug cartels to retreat.
“In the past couple of days, the NDLEA has actually recorded several arrests and drug seizures at the Lagos airport. 
“The drug cartels have actually likewise went through sizable losses from these operations. “This particular suspect feigned pregnancy along with wraps of cocaine, however she was caught by vigilant narcotic agents.
“Several of the suspects lately apprehended concealed drugs in their socks and luggage, while others ingested wraps of cocaine.
“In spite of their craftiness, we are day-to-day stopping them from perpetrating their criminal acts and forcing them in to a retreat,” said Abdallah.
NDLEA commander at MMIA, Ahmadu Garba, said the wraps of cocaine could possibly effortlessly have actually been mistaken for pregnancy. “The suspect stored 86 wraps of cocaine inside a waist bag which was tied to her stomach. The drug was detected by NDLEA officers on the subject of her arrival from Dubai. The drug was right away laden and weighed in her presence. It possessed a gross weight of 1.720kgs” he stated.
The forty-one-year-old woman, that is an importer of female bags and footwears from Dubai, accepted that her involvement in drug trafficking was a mistake, for which she is specifically responsible. “I am a company woman living in Lagos. I am separated from my husband that left me along with 3 children. I import female bags and footwears from Dubai. My involvement in drug trafficking is a mistake, and I take responsibility for my action. I travelled to Dubai to purchase goods. While I was planning to return, I met a man in Dubai that gave me the drug and assured to provide me sufficient your hard earned cash to prolong my business. He likewise told me that once I get hold of to Nigeria, he will certainly call his companion to collect the drug and provide me my money. once I got here, the drug was detected at the airport, and I was arrested. It is all of my fault. If just I were contented along with the profit from the sales of my goods, I would certainly not have actually been in this problem,” she said ruefully.
Dorothy, that hails from Enugu State, is a Junior Secondary School certificate holder.
She will certainly be charged to court soon.
