Nigerian ‘drug kingpin’ arrested for smuggling illicit substances into Korea

Nigerian ‘drug kingpin’ arrested for smuggling illicit substances into Korea

 An alleged kingpin
of a Nigeria-based international drug cartel has been arrested in Lagos for
smuggling illicit drugs into Korea for five years.

According
to Korea Times, the Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) said the
59-year-old identified as K. Jeff, was detained on February 13 following years
of collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Thirty-six other members of the cartel were also
apprehended.

In 2021, authorities reportedly located some cartel members
based in Korea who were attempting to smuggle drugs from Ghana.

The suspects then shared key information about the cartel
with Nigerian authorities and a team was dispatched to Nigeria to help find the
headquarters.

Jeff was said to have been operating a drug trafficking
network spanning five continents and tricking people, including Koreans, into
transporting meth and other stimulant drugs.

He was convicted in Korea in 2007 for playing a major role
in smuggling drugs and sentenced to 12 months in prison. He was then deported
to Nigeria the following year.

The suspect “expanded his international network to Asia,
Europe, Africa as well as the Americas”, where he and his cartel members
cultivate, manufacture and sell illicit drugs.

They reportedly used romance scams to deceive people into
smuggling illicit substances across borders.

 

Source: Nigerian ‘drug kingpin’ arrested for smuggling illicit substances into Korea

 - NigerianEye

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