A 35-year-old female, Jatau Lydia Lami has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, August 7 said she was nabbed for attempting to export 1,700 tablets of Tramadol 225mg concealed in her luggage to Istanbul, Turkey via a Turkish Airline flight on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
The suspect hails from Zango Kataf LGA of Kaduna State and lives in Istanbul, Turkey with her family.
According to Babafemi, the suspect blamed her action on bandits.
The mother of three said their is pressure on her to raise N5million ransom to free her mother from the captivity of bandits who kidnapped her since June.
