Nigeria- Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday apprehended a Burundian at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, over illegal substance found out to be heroin.

The Burundian named Uwimana Aisha had in her hand luggage two parcels of powdery substance that tested positive for heroin weighing 2.390kg.

The arrest of the 38- year old woman has come following the arrival of two detectives from Switzerland Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) on a drug control cooperation mission in Nigeria.

According to NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamzar Umar, the suspect who boarded Air Rwanda from Burundi concealed the drug in her hand luggage.

He said, “The case is under investigation''.

The suspect in her statement claimed the bag was given to her by her boyfriend.

“My Nigerian boyfriend gave me the bag in Tanzania.

|”He promised to marry me and take care of my only daughter. We were to come to Nigeria together but he later said that he will join me the following day. I trusted him because he was nice to me,” Aisha told investigators.

The Chairman of the NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, reaffirmed the agency’s resolve in counter-narcotic operations through effective collaboration.

Giade, while receiving two Swiss investigators, Carlo Crespi and Daniel Mona said the global counter-narcotics campaign demands both local and international partnership.

“Nigeria’s drug control scorecard today is enviable on account of our determination to partner with other stakeholders. The sophistication of drug trafficking cartels demands that nations should join forces against transnational crimes like drug trafficking, money laundering and human trafficking. It enhances exchange of intelligence, capacity building and use of improved technology in crime control,” he stated.