{"id":19398,"date":"2011-12-22T03:26:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T03:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/arik-air-hostesschiwendu-ogbonnaya-arrested-in-the-uk-for-drug-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T03:26:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T03:26:17","slug":"arik-air-hostesschiwendu-ogbonnaya-arrested-in-the-uk-for-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/arik-air-hostesschiwendu-ogbonnaya-arrested-in-the-uk-for-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"ARIK AIR HOSTESS,CHIWENDU OGBONNAYA ARRESTED IN THE UK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"60\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=Rk1TLmpwZw==';\" class=\"img1 c6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/e87dimage.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>An air hostess for Arik Air, Ms Chinwendu Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sunday over an allegation of smuggling four kilogram\u2019s of cocaine into the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The airline promptly promised to support the British police and the magistrates in the matter even as it regrets that the incident is the first involving its crew.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the British High Commission in Abuja Tuesday said the drug was discovered in an item of luggage conveyed by 30-year-old Ogbonnaya.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cShe had arrived into Heathrow Terminal 4 having travelled on an Arik Air flight from Lagos in Nigeria,<\/strong>\u201d the statement said, adding that she was charged with attempting to import a class A substance, and appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate court Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The British High Commission quoted the Director of UK Border Agency operations at Heathrow, Marc Owen, as saying: <strong>\u201cUK Border Agency officers are on constant alert, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep class A drugs and other banned substances out of the UK.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the agency is determined to prevent this terrible trade which can have such a destructive impact on the lives of so many.<br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? 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