A Thai lady, Pattaphi Wimonnat, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with illicit drugs.
24-year-old Wimonnat was nabbed on Thursday, February 20 by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who thwarted her attempts to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms into Nigeria.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said the suspect was apprehended after the anti-narcotics agency discovered the illicit consignment in her boxes.
“The suspect who confessed to being a hired drug trafficker was arrested on Thursday 20th February 2025 during the inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight from Thailand via Doha, Qatar at the arrival hall, terminal 2 of the Lagos airport. She said the drug cartel, which recruited her promised to pay her $3,000 upon successful delivery of the illicit drug consignment in Nigeria,” the statement read.
“Another bid by a drug trafficking syndicate to ship 68 parcels of Ghanaian Loud with a total weight of 42.2kg concealed in walls of crated cartons to London, UK, through the export shed of the Lagos airport was also frustrated by NDLEA officers on Friday 21st February.
“Three suspects: a freight agent and two dispatch riders were initially arrested in connection with the seizure before the mastermind of the shipment, Samuel Bitris, was swiftly traced to his Exodus Estate, Ajah, Lagos home where he was arrested.”
