A 50-year-old Nigerian businessman based in Brazil has been detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine into the country.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja.
According to Babafemi, the arrest occurred on Friday, November 29, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos.
The suspect, who has reportedly lived in Brazil for 35 years, had swallowed the cocaine to conceal it. NDLEA operatives discovered the illegal substance during security checks and detained the individual for further investigation.
This, he said was a discovery made following his arrest by NDLEA operatives.
Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested at the E-Arrival hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil on an Ethiopia Airlines flight via Addis Ababa.
““When he was taken for a 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 for cocaine weighing 700 grams.
“In his statement, the suspect claimed he operates an African store in Brazil where he sells provisions, shoes and clothes.”
He explained that he bought the illicit consignment in Sao Paulo to resell in Nigeria with a view to raising substantial capital to boost his business.
Meanwhile, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Investigation and General Investigation, (DOGI), on Nov. 26 intercepted two consignments containing cocaine and pentazocine injection.
Babafemi said that the consignments were going to the UK via a courier company in Lagos.
“While the cocaine weighing 200g was concealed in local fabrics, 40 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighing 110 grams were hidden in cartons,” he said.
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