The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency  (NDLEA), have arrested a 67-year-old drug trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine.

The suspect claimed he ventured into the illicit business to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh, after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Thailand and Ethiopia.

Femi Babafemi, spokesperson for the NDLEA made this known in a statement on Sunday.

He said, “Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and taken for a body scan which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach.

While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195kg 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 drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh.”

Also, the Operatives arrested a 45-year-old woman, Bilkisu Bello, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, while she was about to board a Saudia Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia.

While being interviewed, she confessed that pellets of cocaine given to her to swallow before her flight were kept in a house in the Farawa area of Kano. When she led NDLEA officers to the house, 52 wraps of the illicit substance with a total weight of 767 grams were recovered.

“Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives supported by officers and men of the Nigerian Army, Civil Defence Corps and Amotekun personnel on Tuesday, October 3, stormed James town, in Ogunmakin, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State where they located and destroyed 10.38 tonnes of cannabis sativa covering over 4.152 hectares,” the agency spokesperson added.