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Two drug dealers excrete 165 wraps of cocaine in NDLEA custody

DailyblastBy DailyblastMarch 27, 2022003 Mins Read
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Two drug traffickers, Elvis Uche Iro and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, have excreted 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Abuja Airport by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for ingesting the illicit drug.

The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that the duo excreted the drugs while under observation in the Agency’s custody.

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Elvis, who is a father of four children who hails from Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State was arrested on March 19, 2022, upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight from Addis-Ababa for ingesting 65 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.376kg.

During preliminary interview, he claimed he is an interior decorator but had to go into drug trafficking because he needed money to start a coffee business, take care f his family and stock his newly acquired shop with curtain materials/accessories in Lagos.

He said he would have been $1,000) on the successful delivery of the drug in Abuja.

Another passenger on the same flight, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, was also arrested on arrival for ingesting 100 pellets of cocaine with a total weight of 2.243kg.

During the preliminary interview, he said he travelled to Addis Ababa on17th March to buy the drug for $10,000 and returned on19th March when he was arrested. He said he sold his land in his village and took loans from friends to be able to raise money to buy the drug.

He claimed he had to go into drugs to raise money for his business after being duped of $15,000 by his friend who lives in China.

In a related development, narcotic officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation (DOGI) have intercepted substantial quantities of Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Cannabis sativa packaged for export to Australia, China, Qatar, Ireland and Thailand through some courier companies in Lagos.

While 2.9kg of Methamphetamine in packs of black soup and toner machine heading to Australia and Qatar was intercepted; 600grams of Cocaine concealed in school certificates and file folders going to Australia and Thailand were equally seized.

No less than 25.5kg cannabis concealed in packs of Dudu Osun soap and tins of palm fruit extracts (banga) heading to China and Ireland was also seized at a courier company in Lagos.

Meanwhile, 2,293.324 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs and N791, 100. 00 were recovered in major raids by operatives in Ogun, Rivers and Enugu state in the past week.

In Rivers, operatives on 24th March raided the notorious Abuja Water Front of Port Harcourt City following information provided by arrested suspects, on their sources of supply.

The statement said, three suspects: Larry Samuel; Mark James and Happiness Joseph were arrested at the drug hub with 339.524kg of Cannabis Sativa, Methamphetamine and Tramadol seized and N791, 100.00 cash recovered from them while another drug dealer in the area, Uduak Paul Emmanuel remains at large.

In Ogun, a 30-year-old lady, Peace Egidigbo, was arrested with 1863kg of Cannabis Sativa in Mowe, Obafemi/Owode LGA on 23rd March, while no less than 150 blocks of cannabis weighing 90.800kg were seized from the cargo compartment of a bus owned by a transport company along Orji river via Onitsha express road, Enugu State.

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