Nigerian Auto- Part Dealer Arrested At Kano Airport For Ingesting 95 Wraps Of Cocaine
By Afolabi Nelson
A 62-YEAR-OLD Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, has been arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while heading to China with 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms buried in his stomach.
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, broke the news in a statement yesterday.
Babafemi said Nwabueze was arrested last Saturday when passengers going to China via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940 were being cleared.
According to the statement, when taken for a scan, he tested positive for ingesting illicit drug and was promptly placed under excretion observation.
Babafemi said the suspect, who claimed he’s into clothing and auto spare parts business in Lagos, expelled a total of 95 pellets of the class A drug in seven excretions.
According to the statement, when taken for a scan, he tested positive for ingesting illicit drug and was promptly placed under excretion observation.
Babafemi said the suspect, who claimed he’s into clothing and auto spare parts business in Lagos, expelled a total of 95 pellets of the class A drug in seven excretions.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), who praised the operatives’ efforts, urged them and their colleagues to maintain the tempo of their commitment to eradicating drugs.
