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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has arrested a former women wig and hair attachment seller, Okwo Okechukwu, for ingesting 76 pellets of cocaine.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday.
According to him, the streaks of arrests and seizures began on Sunday, July 17, when the 52-year-old father of three was arrested upon his arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, via an Ethiopian airline flight at the Abuja airport.
The agency also said two ladies and six men were arrested over attempts to import hundreds of cocaine pellets into Nigeria and export thousands of tramadol 255mg tablets, among other illicit drugs, to Europe through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The agency said, “He has since completed excreting all the 76 wraps of the drug he swallowed while under observation at the agency’s facility in Abuja.
“In the same vein, another father of three, Lawrence Chijioke, 42, was arrested at the Abuja airport the same day in an operational synergy between NDLEA and Nigeria Customs Service at the NAIA.
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“Chijioke was arrested during an inward clearance of an Ethiopian Airline flight from Addis Ababa with 529 pellets of cocaine weighing 11.70kg concealed in his bag. In his statement to anti-narcotic officers, he claimed he was promised N2m, which he planned to use to boost his business upon the successful delivery of the cocaine consignment in Abuja.
“NDLEA operatives also on Saturday, July 23, arrested 29-year-old Ms Onuorah Caritas Onyinye at the Enugu airport upon arrival on an Ethiopian airline flight from Addis Ababa.
“A search of her luggage led to the discovery of 2.192kilograms of cocaine concealed in two feminine designer handbags with false linings,” the statement added.
At least, four freight agents were also arrested in connection with the seizure.
The agency note that it also frustrated attempts by drug traffickers to export different illicit drugs through the NAHCO export shed at the Lagos airport to Europe and the United Arab Emirates.
The operatives on Monday, July 18, intercepted some illicit substances concealed in a consolidated cargo going to Dubai, UAE.
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