NDLEA has arrested two international drug traffickers at Port Harcourt and Lagos airports, with cocaine and tramadol concealed in their bodies and luggage.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 44-year-old businessman, Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian, for ingesting 53 wraps of cocaine. NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday, June 15, that Ezemokwe was intercepted at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday, June 7 while boarding Qatar Airways flight QR1434 to Tehran, Iran.
“After a body scan proved positive to ingestion of illicit drug, he was placed on excretion observation during which he expelled 53 wraps of cocaine in six excretions with a total weight of 1.172kg,” Babafemi stated.
Similarly, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos intercepted Edobor Ambrose Ali, an Italy-bound passenger, with 14,410 tramadol pills hidden in winter jackets. “He was hired and sent on an all-expense paid trip to courier the drug consignments to Milan for a fee of 2000 Euros,” NDLEA added.