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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) astatine the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, person arrested 2 Brazilian returnees, Ofoma Sunday and Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, who excreted a full of 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine.
One of the suspects, 46-year-old Ofoma, was arrested connected Tuesday, September 16, 2025, astatine Terminal 2 of the airdrome upon his accomplishment from Laos, Brazil, connected an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
He was taken for a assemblage scan, which confirmed the ingestion of illicit drugs.
NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi said Ofoma had near Nigeria for Brazil connected September 3 to courier the consignment to Lagos for a reward of $2,500 upon palmy delivery.
A swift follow-up cognition was conducted astatine Eliata Hotel successful the Amuwo Odofin country of Lagos, wherever Ofoma was instructed to conscionable Nweke Jude Chuckwudi, who was designated to oversee the drugs’ excretion astatine the edifice and retrieve them.
The 55-year-old Nweke was arrested successful the process.
“A full of 111 wraps of heroin weighing 1.452 kilogrammes were egested successful 8 excretions by Ofoma,” the NDLEA stated.
Similarly, different Brazilian returnee Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, was arrested astatine the Lagos airdrome during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines passengers from Brazil via Addis Ababa connected Friday, September 19. He was taken for a assemblage scan, which confirmed illicit cause insertion.
The NDLEA said nether excretion observation, Ukachukwu expelled 5 large wraps of cocaine weighing 145 grams.
The NDLEA said, “In his statement, helium confessed to having bought 9 wraps of the people A cause successful Brazil and inserted each into his anus, a process helium claimed took him astir 2 hours. During his transit done Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, helium said helium began to acquisition terrible anal symptom and decided to region the wraps from his body. He stated that successful an effort to drawback his connecting formation to Nigeria, helium could lone reinsert 7 wraps, aft which helium flushed the remaining 2 successful a toilet.
“The fishy revealed that helium felt pressured and uncomfortable portion connected committee his formation to Nigeria, which compelled him to usage the lavatory. During the process, helium expelled an further 2 wraps, leaving him with lone 5 wraps successful his anus. He claimed to person been into covering concern earlier travelling to Brazil successful 2017. In 2020, helium moved to the United States, wherever helium was arrested for an migration offence and was detained for implicit a twelvemonth earlier being deported to Nigeria successful 2022.
In March 2025, helium returned to Brazil, wherever helium presently works, having already obtained a Brazilian residence permit.
Meanwhile, a businesswoman, Okolonkwo Ebere Theresa was connected Sunday, September 14, taken into custody aft aviation information officers of FAAN, successful collaboration with NDLEA operatives attached to the screening constituent of Terminal 2 of the Lagos Airport, arrested her for concealing illicit drugs successful her underwear portion attempting to committee a Qatar Airways formation to Doha, Qatar.
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