Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), arrested two men, and have excreted a total of 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation at the airport.
One of the suspects was intercepted during the outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline to Italy.
The operatives referred one Chukwudi Destiny for scanning and the scan result proved positive to drug ingestion. Consequently, he was placed under excretion observation, and in the process, he excreted 92 pellets of heroin with a total weight of 1.300Kg.
Also, on Friday, April 16, another trafficker, Ezekiel Chibuzo, who arrived in Lagos from Brazil on board Qatar Airline, was also arrested for drug ingestion. He has so far excreted 99 wraps of cocaine.
The Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, said, a sting operation was executed on the address provided by one of the suspects, leading to other information which exposed the inbound of consignments on Ethiopian Airline cargo flight from South Africa, operatives at SAHCO import shed made a seizure of 11.550kg of heroin concealed in corn flakes cartons. Four clearing agents are in custody in connection to the seizure.
Other drugs have also been intercepted by the officers, while the commander advise citizens to desist from nefarious activities that could jeopardize their future.
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