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VIDEO: US-trained filmmaker arrested for importing drug
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, who is also a motivational speaker.
According to a statement by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, Mbadiwe was arrested at his Lekki Hotel room on Friday 27th December 2024, following the arrest of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James.
James was arrested at a warehouse in Ajao estate Ikeja, where he was sent by Mbadiwe to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 17.30 kilograms, which arrived the Import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja on 24th December 2024 from the United States on a Delta Airline flight, concealed in large wooden boxes.
In another operation, a fresh graduate Khadijat Abdulraheem, 24, and a 20-year-old student at the University of Ilorin, Ayomide Morakinyo were on Sunday 29th December 2024, arrested by NDLEA operatives at Tanke-University of Ilorin Road, Oke Odo, Ilorin based on credible intelligence that they were producing and selling drug laced cupcakes to students in the community. When their apartment was searched, 42 pieces of drugged cakes were recovered from them.
