The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
has apprehended a 55-year-old woman on pilgrimage to Medina, Saudi
Arabi, Basira Binuyo, on suspicion of ingesting drugs. she was nabbed at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, during the outward
screening of passengers on an Emirate flight to Medina through Dubai,
she excreted 76 pellets of cocaine.
The NDLEA commander at the Abuja
airport, Hamisu Lawan, said the suspect will remain under observation
until the drugs are completely expelled.
Meanwhile, the NDLEA also arrested a
37-year-old father of three at the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Lagos with seven wraps of cocaine in his anus.
The suspect, Henry Okpalanem, was on his
way to China, when he was nabbed during the screening of passengers
about to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to Hong Kong through Addis
Ababa.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell
Ofoyeju, said the agency’s officials practically saved the suspect from
an impending execution in China had he left the country successfully.
NDLEA nabs father of three with cocaine hidden in his anus while woman exretes 76 wraps of cocaine
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