For allegedly importing 700g of cocaine into the country, a 50-year-old Nigerian businessman, who has been living in Brazil for 35 years, has been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos.
The suspect was caught by NDLEA operatives on Friday, November 29, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos.
He had arrived from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
According to NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, the suspect had concealed the cocaine inside his stomach.
He claimed that he bought the illicit consignment in Sao Paulo to resell in Nigeria and raise capital to boost his business.
The suspect operates an African store in Brazil where he sells provisions, shoes, and clothes.
A statement by Babafemi given to Persecondnews said: “When he was taken for body scan, the result confirmed that the suspect had foreign objects concealed in his stomach.
“As a result, he was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 29 wraps of substances that tested positive to cocaine weighing 700grams.
“In his statement, the suspect claimed he operates an African store in Brazil where he sells provisions, shoes and clothes.”
In a related development, NDLEA officers intercepted two consignments containing cocaine and pentazocine injection on November 26.
The consignments were going to the UK via a courier company in Lagos.
The cocaine weighed 200g and was concealed in local fabrics, while 40 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighed 110g and were hidden in cartons.
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