The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday, said it has arrested an ex-international football player, Segun Hunkarin, over an alleged attempt to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria.
A statement by NDLEA's spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that Hunkarin was arrested alongside his business partner, Ntoruka Chinedu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
The duo, according to Babafemi, were arrested when they attempted to smuggle a consignment with 22.6kg cocaine through the Lagos airport.
Babafemi said Mr Chinedu was a frequent flyer, known for conveying clothes from Turkey to Nigeria and foodstuffs from Nigeria to Turkey.
According to him, Mr Chinedu was the first to be arrested upon his arrival at the Lagos airport on Tuesday, June 24. The NDLEA spokesman said operatives of the agency found 37 wraps of Cocaine, weighing 800 grammes, while conducting a search on his carry-on bag.
“Investigation showed that the suspect was coming from Turkey on an Ethiopian Airlines flight but transited through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he collected the luggage from another person before heading to Nigeria.
“Further checks revealed that an accomplice who turned out to be a former professional footballer, Segun Hunkarin, was waiting for Chinedu at the airport car park to collect the consignment from him on arrival.
“Hunkarin, who had stayed years in Brazil playing for football clubs, was promptly tracked and arrested at the carpark.
“In his statement, Hunkarin claimed that while playing professional football in the South American country, he had only trafficked drugs twice from Brazil to Ethiopia, but has never brought any to Nigeria,” he said.
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