NDLEA arrests businessman who excreted 127 cocaine pellets

By Kingsley Omonobi

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), astatine the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, person arrested a 52-year-old businessman, Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, who excreted 127 wraps of cocaine aft days nether observation.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Ejiofor, who runs boutiques successful Lagos and Onitsha, was intercepted connected accomplishment from Bangkok, Thailand, via Ethiopian Airlines formation ET 941 connected October 8, pursuing credible intelligence.

“A assemblage scan confirmed helium ingested cocaine and concealed immoderate successful his backstage part. Fifty-eight wraps were recovered successful his underwear, portion 69 much were excreted, weighing 1.388kg,” Babafemi said.

In a abstracted operation, NDLEA operatives astatine courier companies successful Lagos intercepted 3 cause consignments heading to the United Kingdom. These included 1.74kg of methamphetamine hidden successful solid ceramics, pentazocine and tramadol injections, and tramadol capsules disguised arsenic Vitamin C.

Other intercepted shipments included skunk and tapentadol tablets concealed successful achromatic soaps bound for Turkey, cocaine successful ladies’ handbags going to Australia, and cannabis hidden successful herbal containers bound for the UAE.

At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, officers seized 27,510 pills of Rohypnol concealed successful sachets of alcoholic drinks destined for South Africa. Follow-up operations led to the apprehension of the mastermind, 46-year-old Samuel Omoruyi, astatine Oyingbo Market.

In different case, an Italy-based businessman, Enehizena Augustine Uyimwen, was arrested portion attempting to export 3,700 pills of tramadol and 2,600 tablets of tapentadol to Europe.

Across the country, respective suspects were arrested successful Edo, Osun, Rivers, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, and Kaduna States, with implicit 1,000kg of illicit drugs recovered.

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