South African coach arrested at Lagos Airport for drug trafficking

A 38-year old South African Football coach, Steven Darlugar has been arrested by men of the

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, for trying to smuggle drug out of Nigeria to South Africa.

He had neatly packaged the drugs weighing 1.54 kilogrammes in a compartment before the officials at the airport unraveled his gimmicks during the screening of Arik Air passengers on board to South Africa. Upon interrogation, Darlugar, a married father of one confessed he was under financial pressure to cope with peers and he had worked hard to make it, but it all turned futile.

While confessing to the crime, the father of one said he took to smuggling to augment his income, adding that he would have made a proceed of $6,000 if he had succeeded in carrying out the crime.

“I am married with a child and have lived in South Africa for about a decade. I coach a team in South Africa. I have worked very hard to attain financial freedom, but have nothing in return. This is my first time of smuggling drugs. I was under financial pressure to cope with peers. A friend introduced me to drug trafficking as a way of making quick money. They promised to pay me $6,000 to take the bag containing the drugs to South Africa.”

The agency's commander at the MMIA, Mr. Hamza Umar, confirmed the crime. He said, “Dalugar was apprehended on his way to South Africa. He was found in possession of 1.54kg of substances that tested positive for methamphetamine. The drug was concealed in a false compartment of the suspect's lu