The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian based in Italy, Nwakanma Michael Uche, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting pellets of Heroin.
This was disclosed via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Sunday by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
Babafemi noted that Nwakanma, who hails from Arodizuogu in Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State, was nabbed while trying to board Air France Airline enroute Abuja-Paris-Milan, Italy on Sunday, May 15, 2022.
The NDLEA spokesman said the suspect was thereafter kept under observation during which he excreted 95 pellets of Heroin.
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“He claimed he came to see his parents in Nigeria after 12 years in Italy and to complete his fathers traditional marriage rites.
“He added that he was to be paid N1.5million after a successful delivery of the drugs in Milan,” Babafemi disclosed.
Speaking on the arrest, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the anti-narcotic officers, urging them and their compatriots across the country not to relent in their offensive action against drug cartels and their kingpins.
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