Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 50-year-old widow and mother of one for allegedly attempting to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using a fake pregnancy as a way to escape scrutiny and detection.

The agency said the suspect, identified as Mrs. Ifeoma Ezewuike, and said to be the proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos.

She was arrested at a bus terminal in the Jibowu, Yaba, area of the state while  attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja.

NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in his statement, said  that Ezewuike claimed she inherited the criminal trade from her husband, who died two years ago, while she has been in the fashion business for 20 years.

It disclosed that the follow-up operation at her house in the Ago Palace area led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in the production of a strain of cocaine.

Meanwhile, the agency said its operatives in Adamawa State, while acting on credible intelligence raided the home of a notorious drug dealer, one Idris Garba, who scaled the fence to escape arrest and also in Edo State, a total of 14,233.37 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on four plantations that measured 5.69375 hectares at Ebule forest, Owan West Local Government Area.