By Kola Alhassan
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested a man identified as Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu with ‘black liquid cocaine’ at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
IkejaBird learnt that the 52-year-old businessman was arrested for being in possession of 20.75 kilogramme of the substance last week.
This was disclosed in a statement yesterday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
He noted that the suspect was apprehended when he arrived the Abuja airport aboard Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil through Doha.
The statement reads: “The liquid was discovered upon search of his two luggages stuffed with six smaller bags containing 32-makeup mascara, which tested positive to cocaine.
“Married with four children, the indigene of Oraifiti in Akwusigo local government area of Anambra State claims he was a businessman dealing in children ware before delving into the illicit drug business.
“He claimed he met the person who gave him the consignment to deliver in Nigeria for a fee of N2 million at a drinking joint in Brazil.
“In other operations across the country, different quantities of various drugs were recovered from suspects. At least three persons: Tony Samson, Paul Adamu, and Reuben Waziri were arrested in Kaduna on Friday 18th March with 18,380 tablets of Tramadol, and 12,500 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 tablets.”
Meanwhile, Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), urged men of the agency to continue to be diligent and ensure drug traffickers and barons are foiled.
