Doctors extract 81 wraps of cocaine from drug courier’s tummy

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Doctors extract 81 wraps of cocaine from drug courier’s tummy

 

Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital have extracted 57 wraps of concaine from a drug courier’s stomach, who injested the illicit substance for eight days.

The 59-year-old courier, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, had to undergo an operation after he excreted only 24 out of the 81 pelets after his arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos

Igbokwe, who injested the cocaine in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was arrested on January 26.

“Igbokwe who claims to be into cloth business at Arena, Oshodi area of Lagos, departed Lagos on 22nd January to Addis Ababa where he ingested the 81 wraps of cocaine the following day 23rd January and boarded a flight to Beirut, Lebanon to deliver the illicit consignment for a fee of $3,000,” a statement by NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi said.

“Upon his arrival in Beirut, he said he was refused entry because he had less than $2,000, the amount required to grant him entry.

“He was then deported to Addis Ababa where he attempted excreting the illicit drugs but could not. He thereafter proceeded to Lagos on Saturday 25th January with the consignment in his bowel. He was however arrested upon his arrival at the Lagos airport by NDLEA officers on 26th January.”

The Syndicate reports that after five days under excretion observation, the man was only able to expel 24 pellets following initial medical intervention at the Agency’s medical facility and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja.

“With the clock ticking for him and the complication of other underlining medical conditions, the suspect was eventually admitted at the tertiary facility where he had to undergo exploratory laparotomy to extract the remaining 57 wraps of cocaine stuck in his stomach after his wife and brother endorsed the necessary consent forms on Thursday 30th January.

“In all, a total of 81 pellets of the Class A drug with a gross weight of 1.943 kilograms were recovered from his stomach,” Babafemi stated.

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in Lagos on January 29 intercepted a consignment of 2,000 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis produced in Ghana, at Lekki beach in Lagos.

Two suspects, Sunday Awoyede and Christopher Cletus, and the truck they were loading the consignment into were apprehended.

“Another suspect, Lawal Idris Olasunkanmi, was also arrested same day with 55kg skunk during a raid at his base in Mushin area of Lagos.”

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