An ex-beauty queen, Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over her alleged involvement in illicit drug business.
606 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an electronic weighing scale and large quantities of drugs packing plastics were said to have been recovered when anti-narcotics operatives stormed her Lekki, Lagos residence on Wednesday, January 24.
Also recovered were a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame among other items.
The ex-beauty queen who is also known as Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas, escaped from her apartment at Oral Estate, Lekki during the raid by the operatives, Mr. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson for the NDLEA said in a statement on Sunday.
He said the action was based credible intelligence she deals in illicit substances the search was witnessed by officials of the estate.
Aderinoye was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and founder of Queen Christmas Foundation.
Two members of an international drug trafficking syndicate, Sunday Michael Owoborode, aged 52, and Valentine Anene were arrested on Thursday, January 25, at Edu Orita, Ogun state where Valentine was being prepared to travel with some drugs to Qatar same day on board a Qatar airline flight from Lagos.
At the time of their arrest, 1.8kg cannabis, electronic weighing scale and other illicit substances were allegedly found on them.
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