NDLEA ARRESTS IRAN-BOUND BUSINESSMAN FOR INGESTING 53 WRAPS OF COCAINE.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two individuals attempting to smuggle drugs out of Nigeria. 

A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, revealed that a 44-year-old businessman, Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka, who was caught at the Port Harcourt International Airport with 53 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.172kg after ingesting them, claimed to have been involved in the illicit trade for two years.

In a separate incident, Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos intercepted an Italy-bound passenger, Edobor Ambrose, with 14,410 pills of tramadol concealed in his luggage. 

He added that the suspect claimed to have been hired to courier the drugs to Milan, Italy for 2000 Euros.

The NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, has commended the officers involved in the arrests, praising their efforts in balancing drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction.

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