Seizes over N7b worth of opioids at Apapa, Onne ports
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two businessmen, Ihejirika Okechukwu Emmanuel and Iwuagwu Ikedi Victory, alongside a Canada-based nurse, Usman Grace Khadijat Olami, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to import and export cocaine pellets and parcels of “Loud,” a synthetic strain of cannabis.
Ihejirika, who regularly travels to Thailand, claiming to import fish into Nigeria, was apprehended on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Thailand via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A body scan revealed he had ingested illicit drugs, later identified as cocaine. Under excretion observation, he expelled five large egg-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 400gm.
The 51-year-old suspect confessed that he was to…
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