A 48-year-old drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Lagos hotel.
THEWATCH AFRICA alleged that the notorious drug kingpin specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to some parts of Europe most especially Italy.
Before his arrest, Charles Uwagbale was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.
According to reports Charles had recruited Uju Dominic, 35, from his base in Italy with a deal to come to Nigeria, ingest 100 pellets of cocaine on Friday 21st July and return to Italy on Saturday 22nd July.
The Nigerian drug lord, lodged in Golden Heaven Hotel located at Enoma Street off Ago-Palace Way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos where Uwagbale brought 93 wraps of the Class A drug for him to swallow at about 23:45 pm Friday night.
NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the drug lord and his mule were in the process when operatives who have been on their trail following credible intelligence stormed their hotel room, arrested both and recovered the drug exhibits with a total weight of 1.427 kilograms.
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