Businessman nabbed by NDLEA excretes 127 cocaine wraps
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 52-year-old businessman, Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano with 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach.
The suspect who was placed in custody had to excrete what he ingested.
Ejiofor, who operates boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra state, was taken into NDLEA custody upon his arrival from Thailand on Wednesday, October 8, following credible intelligence.
“A total of 58 wraps of cocaine were immediately recovered from his pant after which he was taken for excretion observation during which he egested 69 pellets of cocaine in seven excretions bringing the total number of wraps of the class A drug recovered from him to 127 weighing 1.388 kilograms,” the Agency said in a statement.
Also, three consignments of illicit drugs heading to the United Kingdom were on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th October intercepted at a courier company in Lagos by NDLEA operatives.
One of the shipments heading to United Kingdom was a 1.74 kg of methamphetamine concealed in blocks of glass ceramics, another was 114 and 168 grams of pentazocine and tramadol injections, while the third contained 48 grams of tramadol capsules concealed in Vitamin C container.
The Agency also announced the interception of illicit drugs in Lagos going to United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Australia.
The illicit drugs included 2.6kg skunk and 422grams tapentadol 250mg concealed in tablets of black soap heading to Turkey; 169 grams of cocaine hidden in lady’s handbags going to Australia and 568 grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in containers of herbs going to United Arab Emirates.
Meanwhile, a total of 27, 510 pills of rohypnol concealed in sachets of alcoholic drinks going to South Africa was also intercepted at the export shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
“After the initial arrest of a freight agent and a cab driver linked to the shipment, a follow up operation at Oyingbo market in Lagos led to the arrest of the mastermind, 46-year-old Samuel Omoruyi (alias Yellow) on 2nd October.
“Same day, an Italy-based businessman, Enehizena Augustine Uyimwen, was arrested by operatives while attempting to export 3,700 pills of tramadol 225mg and 2,600 tabs of tapentadol 200mg hidden in food items to the European country.
“He claimed he was trafficking the opioids for someone else for a fee of Nine Hundred and Forty-Five Euros (€945).”
The NDLEA also said it raided the home of a suspect Emmanuel Sunday, 33, at Ugbekpe Ekperi in Etsako Central LGA of Edo State, and recovered 47kg skunk, a strain of cannabis.
“Two suspects, Nureni Ayobami Eleweodo, 48, and Oladejo Taiwo, 52, were on Wednesday 8th October arrested at Omifufun village, Ife South LGA, Osun state following the seizure of 635 kilograms of skunk from their Toyota Hiace bus marked DDA65ZY.
“Two other suspects:Timothy Omiwole, 41, and Isaac Achiatan, 36, were nabbed at same location with 100kg skunk recovered from them along with their motorcycle.
“While Okoro Julius, 20, and Onyebuchi Nwibo, 25, were arrested in different parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers state in connection with the seizure of 8.5kg skunk on Friday 10th October, Sulaiman Kalalu, 46, was nabbed after 29.5kg of same substance was found in his house at Bayan Asibiti, Jibia town, Katsina state on Saturday, 11th October.
“In Niger state, NDLEA officers on Wednesday 8th October arrested Yisa Daniel, 29, at New Bussa where 22,000 capsules of tramadol, 800 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 150,000 pills of exol-5 were seized from him.
“A total of 312kg skunk was recovered from a bush at Ologede camp, Ogbese, Ondo state while operatives on patrol along Benin-Lagos expressway on Thursday 9th October intercepted two suspects, Francis John, 39, and Adeyemi Taiwo, 46, in a car conveying 141.8kg skunk.
“In Kaduna, a suspect Rufai Ahmed, 27, alias Farin Malam, was nabbed at Abuja/Kaduna toll gate while conveying 150,000 pills of exol-5 from Lagos to Katsina.”
