It is Vegetable Mother of three Caught With Cannabis Insist.

Ezeh Ifeoma Maureen, a 37-year-old mother of three, has been caught with substances that tested for cannabis at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, during a screening process.

The Nation reports that the Anambra state native was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, during an outward screening of China-bound Ethiopian Airlines' passengers.

She was discovered, attempting to smuggle 6.2 kilogrammes of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis. Although before the bubble busted, she was quoted to have said that the content of her bags are vegetables and foodstuff. The agency's Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, also made it known that the discovered drug was packed in two parcels.

Maureen during interrogation denied her knowledge of the cannabis. She said: "I am a business woman; I sell women's clothes at the Onitsha main market. I usually export foodstuff to China and import female dresses to Nigeria. One of my customers in China called to tell me that his brother would give me two parcels of vegetables to bring to him. I collected the parcels at the airport from the boy. Unfortunately, when they tested them, I was told that they contained cannabis."

However, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, used the opportunity to open the eyes of the public to the dangers of drug trafficking in some of foreign countries saying: "This mother of three children would have been killed in China for drug trafficking if she was not apprehended here. It is important for the public to learn from her experience and shun drug trafficking.''

He further warned travellers not to collect items from people who will not be present during the search, saying that no matter the explanation, the suspect will be charged to court for unlawful possession of, and attempt to export cannabis.