Those with unknown long distance friends on Facebook may need to be wary as a female corps member is now in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over drug parcel sent by her London-based Facebook friend.
The lady had, at the weekend, received a telephone call from her London friend about the arrival of the parcel with instructions on whom to hand it to once she collected it.
The parcel had arrived Lagos enroute Abuja, at the weekend, but officials of the courier firm in collaboration with the drug police directed their Abuja office to ensure that the parcel was opened before the beneficiary was allowed to take it away.
The corps member (names withheld), who had gone to the Abuja office of a courier company (names withheld) to collect the parcel, received the shock of her life when vigilant drug police, on searching the parcel, discovered a pack of cocaine.
The parcel, a small container, has within it three packs of cocaine concealed inside a wall clock, it was learnt.
The lady under interrogation was reported to have told the drug police that she met the man on Facebook and was under instruction to hand over the parcel to another friend also based in Abuja.
When pressed further, the female corps member was said to have confessed that this was not the first time she would be collecting parcels from her London friend with the shoe she was wearing at the point of her arrest said to be a product of previous transactions.
