NDLEA operatives arrested one Chimamkpa Emenike, 38, on October 20 and one Agbo Chidike, 41 on October 21 on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for ingesting onerous medicine.
Mr Emenike was jetting out to France together with his ingested heroin whereas Mr Chidike was on his method to Hong Kong with cocaine in his stomach once they have been arrested.
The director, Media and Advocacy on the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi acknowledged on Sunday in Abuja that Emenike was arrested on the boarding gate of the airport whereas trying to board an Air France flight to Paris.
He added that Chidike was taken into custody on Oct. 21 whereas trying to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Hong Kong through Addis Ababa.
“After days in custody, Emenike excreted 72 wraps of heroin weighing 1.171kg, while Chidike discharged 49 pellets of cocaine weighing 998.53gm.
“In his statement, Chidike claimed he is a businessman dealing in spare parts at the Alaba International market in Ojo area of Lagos.
“Chidike was to be paid N3.5 million which he intended to use to import goods from Hong Kong,” Mr Babafemi acknowledged.
He added that NDLEA operatives intercepted a Qatar Airways passenger, Agbo Tochukwu, on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on Wednesday, Oct. 25 whereas on his method to Oman.
The suspect had 58 parcels of skunk weighing 29.10kg on him whereas present process processes of boarding his flight.
“In his statement, Tochukwu claimed he migrated to Oman on May 6 and had been working as hotel attendant there before venturing into drug trafficking,” Mr Babafemi added.
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