A 59-year-old Nigerian businessman, Sylva Ezeokoli, has been arrested by means of operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine opaque in his abdomen.
The arrest was once made on Friday on the E-Arrival corridor of the Murtala Muhammed Global Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Ezeokoli, who had spent 35 years in Brazil, was once returning house boarded an Ethiopian Airways gliding from São Paulo by means of Addis Ababa.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a observation on Sunday, stated a frame scan performed by means of its officers perceptible overseas gadgets in his abdomen and was once upcoming showed to be cocaine.
“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,” Babafemi added.
He stated the suspect claimed that he sought after to promote the medication in Nigeria to spice up his trade.
Babafemi stated, “In his statement, the suspect claimed he operates an African store in Brazil where he sells provisions, shoes and clothes. He added that he bought the illicit consignment in Sao Paulo to resell in Nigeria to raise substantial capital to boost his business.”
The NDLEA spokesperson additionally stated two consignments containing cocaine and pentazocine injection getting to the UK by means of a courier corporate in Lagos have been intercepted on November 26.
He stated, “Meanwhile, the NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Investigation and General Investigation, on Tuesday, November 26, intercepted two consignments containing cocaine and pentazocine injection going to the United Kingdom via a courier company in Lagos. While the cocaine weighing 200 grams was concealed in local fabrics, 40 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighing 110 grams were hidden in cartons.”
In Kano Climate, Babafemi stated the NDLEA operatives on November 28 arrested 3 suspects: Jamilu Adamu, 38; Umar Musa, 32; and Bunu Ali, 27, with 2,000 ampoules of pentazocine injection and three,135,000 drugs exol-5 at Gadar Tamburawa, Zaria Highway.
As well as, he mentioned {that a} sturdy pressure of hashish produced in Ghana was once recovered at Ilesan Seashore in Lagos.
Babafemi stated, “Refuse fewer than two 120 kilograms of Ghanaian Boisterous, a robust pressure of hashish produced in Ghana, have been intercepted by means of the NDLEA operatives on the Ilesan Seashore, Lagos, on Thursday, November 28. A suspect, Onibogi Muftau, was once arrested in reference to the seizure, era 4 cars that have been to put across the shipments from the waterfront have been additionally recovered.
“This came on the heels of the seizure of 472kg of the same psychoactive substance at Idi-Iroko, Imeko area of Ogun State on Monday, November 25.”
Babafemi additional disclosed that during Edo Climate, the NDLEA operatives performed an intelligence-led raid on Ukuwague Side road, Benin Town, on Thursday, November 28, to effect the arrest of 2 suspects, 60-year-old Monday Onyenemue and 42-year-old Evans Omogiede.
He added that right through the operation, officials recovered 185.6 kilograms of hashish and a Toyota Previa bus with registration quantity BEN 06XL old to move the illicit substance.