A Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for concealing 18 wraps of heroin in her private part.

According to reports, Tarmadji was arrested while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 en route Addis Ababa-Italy with 234.35 grams of heroin on Tuesday.

The trafficker who runs a saloon business in Italy since 2016 upon her relocation to the country via Libya was nabbed by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding gate after being scanned.

Under interrogation, she claimed she was contacted by a man who called her from Italy to collect the drug from one man who delivered the illicit substance to her in a hotel she lodged in Lagos early in the morning before she took her flight to Abuja the same day for onward journey to Italy.

She further claimed that the man brought 50 wraps of heroin for her to swallow but she could not, and as such, she decided to insert 18 wraps into her private part and returned the remaining to the man that brought the drug to her in the hotel.

According to her, she came into Nigeria to raise money to pay for her house and shop rents which had expired in Italy.

She said the owner of the drug was to pay her 10,000 Euro for the successful delivery of the drug to Italy.

The Commander, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Command of the NDLEA, Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, said the suspect would soon face prosecution.