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Drug trafficker Nwokolo busted, excretes 86 wraps of heroin (Video)

Drug trafficker Nwokolo busted, excretes 86 wraps of heroin
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Nwokolo was intercepted during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 to Amsterdam, Netherlands via Paris, France at the boarding gate and was body scanned.

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 50-year-old businessman, Nwokolo Ifeanyi Anthony, who excreted 86 pellets of heroin weighing 1.330 kilograms.

NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday said Nwokolo was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, NDLEA on Sunday, 29th October.

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Nwokolo was intercepted during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 to Amsterdam, Netherlands via Paris, France at the boarding gate and was body scanned.

“The result turned out to be positive for illicit drug ingestion. The suspect who travelled from Lagos to board the flight was subsequently kept under observation for some days during which he excreted a total of 86 pellets of heroin weighing 1.330kilograms,” he disclosed.

Similarly, he said NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier firms on Monday, 30th October intercepted 22 parcels of cocaine concealed in the walls of a carton containing sewn local fabrics, popularly called Aso Oke, heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“Also, NDLEA officers in Ogun state on Friday 3rd November recovered a Toyota Sienna bus from a ditch, at Ajebo Area, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

“A search of the vehicle led to the seizure of 460kgs of the same substance, while a total of 116.5kgs of cannabis sativa belonging to a suspect at large were seized at Olagunju, Mushin area of Lagos,” he said.

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