The Lagos Airport command of the NDLEA has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
The suspect who was on his way to Madrid Spain was arrested on Easter day, Sunday 4th April, 2021, and has excreted a total of 113 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750 kilogramme with a street value of N423 million.
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The NDLEA disclosed that investigation reveals that Okonkwo who has been living in Spain for 10 years now ingested the illicit drug in a hotel in Igando area of Lagos.
The NDLEA operatives at the airport also intercepted a 2.8kg of skunk meant for Dubai in UAE through Emirate Airlines. The illicit drug was concealed in crayfish; bitter leaves and melons packaged in a sack but was discovered at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed international airport lagos
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
