Anastasia Okechukwu ReportingÂ
The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two businessmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for cocaine ingestion.
The agency disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page.
According to the statement, the traffickers, identified as Onoh Ebere, 49 and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47 were intercepted at the airport on 10th May upon arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa.
They both excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody.
The statement partly read, “Two businessmen arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for cocaine ingestion have both excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody.
“The traffickers: Onoh Ebere, 49; and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47; were intercepted at the Abuja airport on Wednesday 10th May upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951.
“Though both suspects have businesses they manage in Nigeria, their main source of income has been drug trafficking.
“They both travelled to Uganda and from there crossed over to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they picked the consignments before returning to Abuja with Lagos as their final destination.
“After days in excretion room, Ebere Onoh excreted a total of 100 pellets weighing 2.137kg while Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji expelled 93 pellets hidden in his stomach with a gross weight of 1.986kg.”