Four persons, among them a farmer and a Nigerian student of Tourism and Hotel Management in Cyprus, have been arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with a total of 6.135kg of narcotics.

The drugs include 4.290kg of heroin, 570 grammes of methamphetamine and 1.275kg of cocaine.
The suspects include Taiwo, a 44-year-old engineer, who works in an automobile company in Barcelona; 25-year-old Charles, a hotel attendant in Lagos; Chidi, a 24- year-old student in Cyprus and Agomuo, a 44-year-old farmer in Imo State.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Commander at the Lagos airport, Mr. Umar Hamza, said: "Taiwo was found in possession of 525 grammes of cocaine and 1.540kg of heroin. He ingested 87 wraps and concealed others in his pants. He was on his way to Spain.

"Anikwe was intercepted with 570 grammes of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage handles on his way to Malaysia.
"Igwe was found with 750 grammes of cocaine hidden under his luggage, while Agomuo was caught with 2.750kg of heroin hidden inside a duty free bag inside his luggage, while returning from Pakistan.
"They are cooperating with our team of investigators and will be charged to court soon."
In his confessional statement, Taiwo who claimed to have been living in Spain for 14 years, said he was introduced into drug trafficking by a friend.
On his part, Charles said that a guest whom he was nice to promised to sponsor his education in Malaysia, only to hand him a bag which unknown to him, contained drugs.

Meanwhile, Chidi, who recently gained admission into one of the universities in Cyprus, said that he agreed to smuggle the drug for 5,000 pounds.
Agomuo blamed his predicament on hardship, saying "I am a farmer in Imo State. It had been very difficult for me to feed my wife and only child. One day, a friend invited me to Pakistan, promising to sponsor the trip, with a promise to help me secure a good job over there.
"When I got to Pakistan, he told me there was no job but that I should take drugs to Nigeria. He promised to give me half a million naira to start my business if I could take the drugs to Nigeria.
"Since life was becoming unbearable, I decided to take the risk. I was, however, not lucky because I was arrested at the Lagos airport."