A female NYSC member is now in the custody of the NDLEA over a drug parcel sent by her London-based Facebook friend.
The lady had, at the weekend, received a telephone call from her London friend about the arrival of a parcel with instructions on whom to hand it to once she collected it. The parcel had arrived Lagos enroute Abuja, at the weekend, but officials of the courier firm in collaboration with NDLEA operatives decided to open the parcel before the beneficiary was allowed to take it away.
During checking, the vigilant operatives discovered a pack of cocaine. The parcel, a small container, has within it three packs of cocaine concealed inside a wall clock. The lady under interrogation confessed that she met the man on Facebook and was under instruction to hand over the parcel to another friend also based in Abuja.
She also confessed that this was not the first time she would be collecting parcels from her London-based friend. Even the shoe she was wearing at the point of her arrest was said to be a 'gift' from the same friend.
This story sounds illogical to me. This is the first time I'll hear of drugs being sent from London to Nigeria. It is general knowledge that the drug market booms in UK due to government controls and restrictions which pushes up the demand for it and makes smugglers hit a jackpot everytime the make a successful import. It is also general knowledge that places like Nigeria and others serves as export points to satisfy the European black market, especially the UK, which is where the real money is made. Since dealer do it for money, I wonder why this should run contrary to the trend. Why send stuffs from an area where there is high demand and more profit to an area where you have less to gain? Beats me.
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