The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested two businessmen for attempting to import and export cocaine pellets and parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis through the Lagos airport.
NDLEA gave the names of the suspects as Okechukwu Emmanuel, Iwuagwu Ikedi Victory and Usman Grace Khadijat Olami – who were nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
Femi Babafemi, the spokesman of NDLEA, made this known in a press release on Sunday.
“Ihejirika who frequents Thailand from where he claims to be importing fish into Nigeria was arrested on Tuesday 15th October 2024 while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Thailand via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,” the press release said.
“When he was taken for a body scan, the result showed he ingested an illicit drug which proved to be cocaine.
“As a result, he was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled five big egg size wraps of cocaine weighing 400 grams.”
Babafemi explained that the 51-year-old suspect confessed that he was to be paid upon successful delivery of the drug consignment in Thailand.
He added that the suspect claimed he needed the money to boost his fish importation business.
In the same vein, NDLEA operatives at the Lagos airport on Thursday 17th October intercepted a 26-year-old businessman Iwuagwu Ikedi Victory coming from Brazil via Addis Ababa during the inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
