NDLEA nabs man for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin, cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a  businessman at Abuja Airport for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Spokesperson, announced the arrest of 48-year-old suspect, identified as Ifeanyi Orizu, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

According to Babafemi, Orizu was on Sunday, December 22, arrested at the boarding gate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, while trying to board an Air France flight 844  to Paris, France.

“When he was pulled aside for a body scan, he turned down the request, claiming his medical condition won’t allow him,” Babafemi said.“He was thereafter taken into custody for excretion observation during which he excreted a total of 74 wraps of the Class A drugs over a period of seven days.

“In his statement, Orizu claimed he owns a shop at Balogun market, Lagos Island where he sells school and travel bags, adding that he was promised 3,000 Euros upon successful delivery of the consignment in Paris.

“He left his base in Lagos for the Abuja airport to connect his Air France flight to Paris, hoping to escape detection.”

In a similar development, operatives of the Marine Command of NDLEA also  intercepted two boats, conveying 1,960 kilogrammes of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, at the Eleko beach in the Lekki area of Lagos.

Babafemi added that six foreign nationals brought the consignments from Ghana and were arrested

during the operation on Christmas eve.

“They include two Ghanaians: Godsway John, 38; and Freedom Kelvin, 33; as well as four Beninese: Chegoun Hounsou, 23; Gadabor Nyameto, 47; Adantg Sasa, 34; and Ayao Kayivi, 21,” he said.

Also, in Katsina, a suspect, Ibrahim Shaibu, 35, was arrested in possession of 40 album-size parcels of compressed cannabis sativa, weighing 35kg on Christmas day at Central Motor Park, Katsina.

Similarly, another suspect, Umar Ahmed, 47, was nabbed along Zaria-Malumfashi road, Katsina, with 27 parcels of a psychoactive substance weighing 13.5kg on 28 December.

Also, Babafemi disclosed that a 21-year-old suspect, Kosisochukwu Ozigbo, was arrested at new Lagos Road, Benin City, Edo State, when the area was raided by NDLEA operatives on December 23.

“Recovered from the suspect include: 32,490 pills of tramadol 225mg, 200mg and 100mg; 936 bottles of codeine-based syrup and various quantities of other opioids,” the NDLEA Spokesperson said.