A drug trafficker, Mr. Ibeh Ejike has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for ingesting 87 wraps of cocaine. The drug kingpin has intercepted, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Abuja.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
Ejike, 41, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 25, upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight 911 from Kigali via Addis Ababa.
He said the suspect was taken in for a secondary check during which he tested positive for ingestion of the illicit substance.
Babafemi said, “While under observation, he excreted 87 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.884 kilograms.
“Ibeh, who imports clothes for sale, hails from Owerrizikeala village in Orumba Local Government Area of Anambra State.”
The Spokesman also took the opportunity to intimate the public on other recent arrests by the agency. He added that a 23-year-old Joy Odey was picked up in Nassarawa Bakoko Area of Calabar Municipality LGA on Friday, August 27 with 500grams of skunk.
“On the same day, one Ugwuanyi Basil was arrested at AK Divine Park, Harbour Road, Calabar with 2.6kg of cannabis; 10.33grams of cocaine, and 30ml of swinol,” he said.
The NDLEA spokesperson said operatives of the FCT Command of the agency also intercepted a Hiace bus conveying bags of cannabis and 30 parcels of skunk.
This, he said, was cumulatively weighing 310 kilograms along Abaji-Gwagwalada expressway, where another 32kg of tramadol was equally seized on the same day.
Babafemi quoted the Chairman, NDLEA, rtd., Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, as commending the resilience of the officers and men of the NAIA, MMIA, Anambra, Cross River, and FCT Commands of the agency.
He charged them and their colleagues across the country to intensify the ongoing offensive action aimed at cutting off availability and accessibility to illicit drugs in all parts of Nigeria.
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