Two Brazil returnees have excreted 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine after their arrest at Lagos airport, the NDLEA said.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says two Brazil returnees, Ofoma Sunday and Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, excreted 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine while in observatory custody after their arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said Ofoma, 46, was arrested on 16th September after arriving from Brazil via Addis Ababa. A body scan confirmed ingestion of illicit drugs, leading to the recovery of 111 wraps of heroin.
Ukachukwu was arrested three days later on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Brazil. He expelled five wraps of cocaine weighing 145 grams after admitting he had inserted nine wraps but discarded two during transit.
Babafemi added that several other seizures were recorded across states in the past week.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), said:
“These arrests and seizures represent a significant milestone in our determined effort to dismantle drug trafficking organizations operating in Nigeria and around the world.”