Operatives of the National Dr¥g Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old tr@fficker, identified as Chukwuemeka Clement, for allegedly swallowing 100 wraps of coc@ine.
The suspect was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, October 8, said the suspect was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
According to the statement, “He was taken for body scan which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach. While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of coc@ine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.
Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday, October 3, during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and taken for body scan, which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach. While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.
In his statement, he claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married, but lost his wife and without a child. He added that was why he decided to go into dr@g tr@fficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh.”
