Business man excretes 83 wraps of cocaine at airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a businessman, Onu Oluchukwu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, with 1.527 kilogramms of cocaine.

The Commander, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Command of the NDLEA, Mr. Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, said the businessman was arrested after he excreted 83 wraps of substances, which proved positive for cocaine and weighed 1.527k.

Tsakuwa explained that the suspect was arrested at the departure lounge of the Abuja airport on Thursday, January 28.

He said: “during outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline ET 910 en route Abuja-Addis Ababa -New Delhi, India, the 39 years old suspect, a native of Umuaku-Isiochi village in Abia State was intercepted at the boarding gate screening and referred for scanning.

“The passenger proved positive for ingestion. He excreted 83 wraps of substances, which proved positive for cocaine and weighed 1.527kg.

“The suspect who claimed he is into plumbing material business in Lagos came into Abuja for the purpose of trafficking drugs said he would have been paid N1,500,000 on delivery to one Chibuzo Nmadu, a Nigerian based in India.”