Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a drug trafficker, Nwofor Ejiogu Charles for excreting 75 pellets of cocaine.
NDLEA‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday said Nwofor, 45, was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday, 6th of October, 2023.
He said Nwofor was arrested during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR 1432 to Doha.
Babafemi explained that after body scan revealed he ingested cocaine, he was placed under observation during which he excreted 75 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.653kgs.
He added that at the point of his arrest, Nwofor, who was the last passenger to board his flight offered to compromise an NDLEA officer with $3,000 to free him.
In his words: “At the Abuja airport, operatives on Friday 6th October arrested a drug trafficker, Nwofor Ejiogu Charles, 45, during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR 1432 to Doha. After body scan revealed he ingested cocaine, he was placed under observation during which he excreted 75 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.653kgs. At the point of his arrest,
“Nwofor who was the last passenger to board his flight offered to compromise an NDLEA officer with $3,000 to free him.”
Meanwhile, the NDLEA spokesman said operatives in Edo State on Wednesday, 11th October stormed the Orue forest, Owan West LGA where they arrested Happy Akashili, 37, and Solomon Uwesue, 40 in a hut located inside a cannabis farm measuring 2.367308 hectares which was destroyed, with 92kgs already processed skunk recovered, while 49kgs of same substance were also seized at Ogbeturu camp.
