This was revealed in a signed statement by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
While 38-year-old ThankGod Chimamkpa Emenike was arrested at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Friday 20th October during the outward clearance of passengers on Air France flight 818 to Paris, 41-year-old Agbo Chidike Prince was taken into NDLEA custody on Saturday 21st October while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 950 to Hong Kong via Addis Ababa.
They were both arrested and detained after their body scan revealed they ingested ill#cit dr¥gs. After days in custody and a number of excretions, Emenike excreted 72 wraps of h£roïn£ weighing 1.171 kilograms, while Chidike discharged 49 pellets of coc@in£ with a total weight of 998.53grams.
In his statement, Chidike claimed he is a businessman dealing in spare parts at the Alaba International market in the Ojo area of Lagos. He added that he was to be paid N3.5 million which he intended to use to import goods from Hong Kong
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