Afrigather A Brazil returnee is within the NDLEA’s internet for ingesting 60 wraps of cocaine.
Operatives NDLEA arrested the suspect on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Lagos, on January 21 throughout an inward clearance of passengers travelling from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa.
NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, acknowledged on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect initially refused to bear a physique scan, elevating well being considerations in a determined bid to evade arrest.
He added that the suspect, nevertheless, accepted the supply to be positioned on excretion statement.
“Shortly after he was ushered into NDLEA’s observatory, he excreted the primary set of cocaine pellets, after which he expelled a complete of 60 wraps of the drug weighing 1.279kg in 5 excretions.
“In his assertion, the suspect claimed that he ingested the consignment in Brazil and was to discharge every little thing on the airport in Addis Ababa.
“He might solely excrete 15 pellets, which he handed over to a different member of his syndicate earlier than his connecting flight to Nigeria was known as,’’ Mr Babafemi acknowledged.
He acknowledged additionally {that a} 29-year-old male suspect was arrested within the Gadar Tamburawa space of Kano State on January 25 with 271kg of Indian hemp.
This adopted the seizure of an deserted 28.1kg of Indian hemp within the Rijiyar Lemo space of the state on January 24.
“One other suspect, a 24-year-old, was nabbed at Kotun Wambai, Yan Awaki, space of Kano on Jan. 26 with 600 bottles of codeine-based syrup.
“A complete of 1,306 blocks of hashish weighing 886kg seized by the police within the Kwanar Dangora space of Kano State have been transferred to the company on January 24,’’ Mr Babafemi acknowledged.
(NAN)
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