尼日利亚某政客涉嫌走私可卡因被捕

时间：2010-05-18 06:34:13

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A Nigerian politician has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling¹ cocaine² at Lagos airport.

一名尼日利亚政客涉嫌在拉各斯机场走私可卡因而被逮捕。

Nigerian drug enforcement officials say Eme Zuru Ayortor swallowed nearly two kilograms of cocaine (4.4 lbs) in order to fund his election campaign.

Police say body scanners revealed（显示，透露） the contents of his stomach as he attempted to board a flight to Frankfurt.

Mr Ayortor, aged³ 52, is running in the election to the local House of Assembly in Edo state.

'Wider network'

Officers from Nigeria's drug law enforcement agency say they recovered 100 parcels（包裹，小包） of cocaine from the politician's stomack at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

It is understood that Mr Ayortor told officers he needed the money - because his last election campaign, in 2007, bankrupted him.

He was arrested two weeks ago - police are now at the end of their investigation⁴.

They believe Mr Ayortor is part of a wider network.

"The quantity of cocaine we recovered is large," one officer told the BBC. "We believe it may not be his first attempt to smuggle⁵ drugs."

Mr Ayortor, a qualified⁶ pharmacist（药剂师） , studied at the University of Wisconsin in the US.

Politicians in Nigeria raise large amounts of money at election time: much of it goes on bribing⁷ election officials and paying gangs of young men to intimidate⁸（恐吓，威胁） voters.

Last month, customs officers（海关官员） at the same airport seized a consignment⁹（运送，委托） of military uniforms which they linked to politicians preparing for elections next year.

Nigeria is a major transit¹⁰ route（中转途径） for drugs - from South America and Asia - to the US and Europe. More than 300 tonnes of narcotics¹¹（麻醉剂） were seized in the country last year.

Drugs law enforcement officers in Lagos have only four police sniffer dogs（嗅探犬） to monitor the airports, land borders and a massive seaport¹². They privately¹³ complain they need many more sniffer dogs to do their work properly.

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1 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

2 cocaine
n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）
参考例句：
That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。 Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

3 aged
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。 He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 smuggle
vt.私运；vi.走私
参考例句：
Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。 She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

6 qualified
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
参考例句：
He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。 We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

7 bribing
贿赂
参考例句：
He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。 Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

8 intimidate
vt.恐吓，威胁
参考例句：
You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？ The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。

9 consignment
n.寄售；发货；委托；交运货物
参考例句：
This last consignment of hosiery is quite up to standard.这批新到的针织品完全符合规格。 We have to ask you to dispatch the consignment immediately.我们得要求你立即发送该批货物。

10 transit
n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过
参考例句：
His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。 The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

11 narcotics
n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒
参考例句：
The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。来自《简明英汉词典》

12 seaport
n.海港，港口，港市
参考例句：
Ostend is the most important seaport in Belgium.奥斯坦德是比利时最重要的海港。 A seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal.轮船能够补充煤炭的海港。

13 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。