Tochukwu Nwafor, a father of five, 49 -year-old Anambra State Indigene has been nabbed by the NDLEA for ingesting 73 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.699kg.
The spokeman for the agency, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the suspect was on his way to Dubai, when he was nabbed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during a routine check on the passengers of an Ethiopian Airline.
NDLEA commander at airport, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, said that when the suspect was discovered to have ingested drugs, he was put on observation.
"While under observation, he excreted 73 wraps of cocaine that weighed 1.699kg" Hamisu stated.
According to his statement, he lives in Lagos with his wife and five children and got involved in a drug smuggling business because of economic hardship.
"I thought it would be easy to go undetected," Nwafor said.
The chairman of the NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), called on members of the public to avoid falling into the trap of drug cartels who deceive them into thinking drug smuggling is very easy.
NDLEA said Nwafor will soon be charged to court
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