The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 23-year-or Brazilian drug peddler, Da Silva Mailson Mario, who disguised cocaine as chocolate.
According to the Spokesman of the agency, Jonah Schema, Mario was arrested on Wednesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Special Area Command, Abuja, where two new methods drug traffickers were adopting to evade the prying eyes of law enforcement personnel, were uncovered.
According to him, the command intercepted a consignment of four packets of chocolate sweets of white substances which tested positive to Cocaine, weighing 7.2 kg. Mario had carried the suit case, containing the packets of the chocolate sweets during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline ET 911 which originated from Brazil en-route Addis Ababa to Abuja.
Speaking on the discovery of these new modes of concealment, Commander NDLEA, Abuja Airport Command, Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, said there was no underestimating the imagination of drug merchants.
