The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested one Igbainoba Rose who hails from Edo State,with 193 wraps of cocaine inside packs of sweets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos state.

A suspected member of the drug cartel identified as Chimezie Ofor was also arrested.

Rose, 24, who was returning to Nigeria from Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday, was arrested with a whitish substance which tested positive to cocaine and weighed 3.230kgs.

The Anti-narcotics officials discovered the drugs in her luggage.

During interrogation, Rose said she worked as a clerical officer after her secondary school and hardship pushed her into the act.

“I work as a clerical officer after I completed my primary school because there was no money to further my studies.

“I have suffered hardship in life but a man offered to assist me to establish my personal business.

“He promised to pay me N500, 000. This was how I got involved in this problem,” Rose confessed.