A Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji, caught with 234.35 grammes of heroin concealed in her private part was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 en route Addis Ababa-Italy.
The suspect, it was gathered, has been running a saloon business in Italy since 2016.
However, upon her relocation to the country via Libya, she was nabbed by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding gate after being scanned.
While being interrogated, she claimed she was contacted by a man who called her from Italy to collect the drug from one man who delivered the substance to her in a hotel in Lagos early in the morning before she took her flight to Abuja same day for onward journey to Italy.
The lady who was arrested on March 23, further claimed that the man brought 50 wraps of heroin for her to swallow, but she decided to insert 18 wraps into her private part and returned the remaining to the man.
Tarmadji said she came into Nigeria to raise money to pay for her house and shop rents, which had expired in Italy, as life has been so difficult since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
She explained that the owner of the drug was to pay her 10,000 Euros on successful delivery of the substance to Italy.
The Commander in charge of the NAIA Command of the NDLEA, Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, said the suspect would soon face prosecution.
