A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Obiora has excreted 97 wraps of cocaine after his arrest and being placed under observation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. The value of the drugs weighing 1.55 kilogrammes is put at a street.The Advocate
Michael Olugbode in Abuja
A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Obiora has excreted 97 wraps of cocaine after his arrest and being placed under observation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA,) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.
The street value of the drugs weighing 1.55 kilogrammes is put at N360 million.
A statement yesterday by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed that Obiora was arrested at about 1:16p.m. on Sunday 25th April, 2021 during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline.
Babafemi said Obiora had arrived Lagos on board the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.
A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Ernest Obiora, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The Spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said on Friday that Obiora was subsequently put under observation during which he excreted 97 wraps of cocaine with a total weight of 1.55 kilogrammes with a street value of N360 million.
“He was arrested about 1:16pm on Sunday, April 25, 2021, during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline. He had arrived Lagos onboard the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia,” Babafemi said.
The Commander of the NDLEA at the airport, Ahmadu Garba said, Obiora was intercepted in the E-arrival hall of the airport by the operatives of the agency on the suspicion that he ingested drug substance.
A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Ernest Obiora has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, (Ikeja), Lagos.
Obiora was subsequently put under observation during which he has so far excreted 97 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine with a total weight of 1.55kilogramme and a street value of N360million.
He was arrested at about 1:16 pm on Sunday 25th April 2021 during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline.
He arrived in Lagos on board the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the anti-drug law enforcement agency, Ahmadu Garba, “Obiora was intercepted in the E-arrival hall of the airport by the operatives of NDLEA on the suspicion that he ingested drug substance.
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