Photo: Popular Comedian, Caught With Cocaine At Enugu Airport.

                                                                                       

 A Ghanaian comedian and another foreigner, have been allegedly caught with cocaine by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). While the 54-year-old comedian, Musah Iddrisu, was allegedly arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, Enugu State capital, with 1.500kilogrammes of heroin, the other suspect, Ihana Cedrick from Democratic Republic of Congo, was “caught” with 450 grammes of cocaine.

The agency’s Head of Public Affairs, Mitchel Ofoyeju, said Iddrisu a.k.a Charles Udunehi, who allegedly bought the drugs for 19,000 US dollars, was on his way out of the country when he was arrested. Cedrick, 24, Ofoyeju said, claimed to be a secondary school pupil in Tanzania.

The NDLEA spokesman added: “The Ghanaian comedian ingested 450 grammes of cocaine on his way to

Thailand, while the student from Congo DRC imported 1.500kg of heroin into the country. We have also apprehended a Nigerian, John Obi Nwadilichukwu, who was to receive the student, collect the drug and pay him for smuggling the drug.”

He said the drug was hidden inside a luggage and was detected during inward screening of passengers on an Ethiopian airline flight, adding that upon interrogation, Ihiana revealed that he was given the drug by a Nigerian woman at Nairobi for delivery to her husband in Enugu.

Iddrisu, said: “I got involved in drug trafficking because of my financial predicament. I bought the drugs in Ghana, ingested it and came to Enugu airport, thinking that the security would not be like those at other airports since it is new. I regret my action.”

Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, praised his men for the arrests, adding that the suspects would soon be charged to court.