A Kenyan model going by the name Angela Wairimu has been arrested while trying to sneak 6.5kg of cocaine into Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
Wairimu, 33, was arrested at the airport, trying to smuggle what Nigerians authority are calling the “largest consignment into Nigeria in the recent past.”
The mother of two further told detectives that she was a trader dealing in clothes and cosmetics and also doubled up as a model.
“She said that this was her second trip to Nigeria to purchase beauty products and local fabrics for her enterprise called Pa Model in South Africa and Kenya,” said a police officer during a press brief.
South Africa
According to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) communication official Jonah Achema, she had managed to pass South African authorities with the drugs before landing in Nigeria.
She had hidden the cocaine in her hand luggage.
“She had concealed some of the illicit substances in the false bottom of a travelling bag which also contained two wrapped parcels of the same illicit drug.She said that this was her second trip to Nigeria to purchase beauty products and local fabrics for her enterprise called Pa Model in South Africa and Kenya,” Jonah said.
