Drug kingpin Uwagbale nabbed while giving courier 93 cocaine wraps to swallow

Michael Adesina

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, while preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.

It was a rude shock to the notorious drug kingpin when operatives of NDLEA stormed his hotel room in Okota area of Lagos late on Friday 21st July.

Charles, who specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffic Class A drugs to Europe especially Italy, 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.

True to plan, upon the arrival in Nigeria, the mule was 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 23:45pm Friday night.

They were in the process when NDLEA 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.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman, who confirmed the arrest of the drug kingpin, said Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) was highly excited by the operations carried out by his officers.

Babafemi noted that the NDLEA boss charged officers to remain committed to the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.