Day after day, the NDLEA keeps arresting Nigerians on account of drug trafficking at the airport.
Things are hard, many will say, but we still have people of integrity despite the hardship.
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The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested two businessmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.
They had consignments of cocaine and heroin going to Hong Kong and France concealed in their bellies.
First, 38-year-old ThankGod Chimamkpa Emenike was arrested at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Friday October 20.
This happened during the outward clearance of passengers on Air France flight 818 to Paris.
Another passenger, 41-year-old Agbo Chidike Prince was taken into NDLEA custody on Saturday October 21 while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines’ flight ET 950 to Hong Kong via Addis Ababa.
The NDLEA revealed that, they were both arrested and detained after their body scan revealed they had ingested illicit drugs.
”After, days in custody and a number of excretions, Emenike excreted 72 wraps of heroin weighing 1.171 kilograms, while Chidike discharged 49 pellets of cocaine with a total weight of 998.53grams.
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In his statement, Chidike claimed he was a businessman dealing in spare parts at the Alaba International market in Ojo area of Lagos.
He added that he was to be paid ₦3.5million which he intended to use to import goods from Hong Kong.
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