Mande Bala, 48, a native of Lagos Island, shocked everybody including the Law enforcement agents when 66 wraps of narcotics, which tested positive to methamphetamine, were discovered in her private part at the screening section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012.
The NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar, confirmed the arrest. “The quantity of drugs that Bala had inserted in her private part was so much that it affected her gait, drawing the attention of the NDLEA officials. He said,
The lady was then arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before she could board a Kenyan Airways flight to Nairobi.
No suspect has ever inserted such a large quantity of drugs in the country. Usually, cases of insertion are not more than 300g. The discovery was shocking.”
It was gathered that, the 66 wraps of methamphetamine expelled from Bala’s private part weighed 1kg.
“I am a widow; my husband died in 2007. I have got three children to take care of. I need N45,000 to pay some fees for my child and I also had to take care of my rent because I have a quit notice to leave my house in July. I was actually supposed to swallow the drugs but I was too scared to do so.She said
“I then decided on my own to hide them instead in my private parts because I was scared I would die if I ingested the drugs. I have heard such things happen. Although it was difficult for me to walk, I had to do my best because there is no one else to take care of my children.”
The suspect, who is a graduate of accounting from a South-West university, lives at Ijoko in Ogun State.She will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.