
An air hostess for Arik Air, Ms Chinwendu
Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, was arrested
at Heathrow Airport on Sunday over an
allegation of smuggling four kilogram’s of
cocaine into the United Kingdom.
The airline promptly promised to support
the British police and the magistrates in the
matter even as it regrets that the incident is
the first involving its crew.
A statement by the British High Commission
in Abuja Tuesday said the drug was
discovered in an item of luggage conveyed
by 30-year-old Ogbonnaya.
“She had arrived into Heathrow Terminal 4
having travelled on an Arik Air flight from
Lagos in Nigeria,” the statement said,
adding that she was charged with
attempting to import a class A substance,
and appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate
court Tuesday.
The British High Commission quoted the
Director of UK Border Agency operations at
Heathrow, Marc Owen, as saying: “UK Border
Agency officers are on constant alert, 24
hours a day, 365 days a year to keep class A
drugs and other banned substances out of
the UK.”
According to him, the agency is determined
to prevent this terrible trade which can have
“such a destructive impact on the lives of so
many”.
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