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NDLEA Arrests 39-Year-Old Man For Importing Cocaine Worth N82 Million
 
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Tue, 15 Oct 2013   ||   Nigeria,
 

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a man who imported 7.45kg of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

This was revealed to one of our source by the NDLEA spokesperson, Mr.Mitchel Ofoyegu, saying the cocaine worth N82 million. According to him, the discovery was made during inward screening of passengers on board Ethiopian Airline flight from Brazil.

 “The drug, which was industrially concealed inside food flasks and kitchen utensils, tested positive to cocaine and weighed 7.45kg.

“It is estimated to cost N82 million. It is the single largest seizure recorded at the Abuja Airport since January.’’

Ofoyeju said investigations into the case had commenced and the agency would try everything to stop drug trafficking in Nigeria.

 

 

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