Drug Trafficker In NDLEA’S Net, Excretes 86 Wraps Of Heroin In Detention

By Babatunde Solanke

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 50 year-old businessman identified as Nwokolo Ifeanyi Anthony.

The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement issued on Sunday.

According to him, Ifeanyi Anthony was arrested on 29 October, 2023 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 to Amsterdam, Netherlands, via Paris, France.

At the boarding gate, the suspect body was scanned, with the result turned out to be positive for illicit drug ingestion.

According to Babafemi, the suspect, who travelled from Lagos to board the flight was subsequently kept under observation for some days, during which he excreted a total of 86 pellets of heroin weighing 1.330 kilograms.

Announcing further interceptions and seizures made by the agency, Babafemi said: “Similarly, NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier firms on Monday 30th October intercepted 22 parcels of cocaine concealed in the walls of a carton containing sewn local fabrics popularly called Aso Oke, heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.