Innocent who is an indigene of Anambra state was arrested by the agency in the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state during the out ward screening of passengers to Charles Decaule, France.
The 42 year old suspect was said to be on his way to board a passenger Air France, travelling to Italy where he has been residing for past 15 years.
The NDLEA Commander at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Mr. Olutekunbi Babatunde Davies Commended his officers for their vigilance in the war against illicit drugs and drug traffickers.
This was even as the Nigeria Navy has uncovered the major illegal oil bunkering site at an abandoned warehouse in Ogbogoro Area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state.
The commandant of the Nigeria Navy ship NNS Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim who led journalists to the illegal site recently said five persons including an engine repairer were arrested at the scene.
Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim represented by the base operation officers, lieutenant Commodore Sunday Katuka Haruna said over five hundred drums loaded with illegally refine petroleum products were seen at the site.
He said that NNS Pathfinder operations are aimed at achieving the mandate of the Chief of Naval staff strategic guidance and zero tolerance for crude oil theft and other activities within the Niger Delta.
The commander called on members of the public to continue to provide the Navy and other security Agencies with timely information to enable them rid the country of oil thieves and pipe line vandals.
Over two hundred polythene bags and a wooden contonou boats loaded with illegally refined oil were also discovered at the Ogbogoro illegal oil site. [myad]
