Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old Paris, France-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine
He excreted the wraps of cocaine after days of observation in the agency’s custody following his arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.
NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday, said Orjinze claimed he is a professional footballer in Europe.
Babafemi said he was arrested on Tuesday, 21st May, during the outward clearance of Airfrance flight AF 878 from Abuja to Paris, France.
“After a body scan confirmed he ingested illicit drugs, he was taken into custody where he excreted a total of 111 pellets of cocaine that weighed 1.603 kilograms over a period of three days.
“The suspect claimed he does business in the maritime sector while still scouting for any European football club to engage him,” he said.
The NDLEA’s spokesman added that in the same vein, NDLEA officers operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos dismantled another drug trafficking syndicate at the airport.
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