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NDLEA Arrests 67-yr-old Man With 100 Wraps Of Cocaine At Abuja Airport

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Oct 9, 2023.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine.

The suspect claimed he ventured into to Illicit drug business to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand.

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NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday 3rd October during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and taken for body scan, which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach.

“While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.

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“In his statement, he claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married, without a child but lost his wife. He added that was why he decided to go into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh,” the NDLEA stated.

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Also, on the 3rd October, NDLEA operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, intercepted a 45-year-old woman, Bilkisu Mohammed Bello while preparing to board a Saudia Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia.

The NDLEA said “While being interviewed, she confessed that pellets of cocaine given to her to swallow before her flight were kept in a house in Farawa area of Kano. When she led NDLEA officers to the house, 52 wraps of the illicit substance with a total weight of 767grams were recovered.”

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