Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) have arrested a businessman, 44-year-old Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian for ingesting 53 wraps of the same cocaine while on his way to Tehran Khomeini, Islamic Republic of Iran.
This comes barely two weeks after operatives also intercepted a 60-year-old businessman Chinedu Leonard Okigbo heading to Iran with 65 pellets of cocaine in his stomach at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano.
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said Ezemokwe was arrested at the Port Harcourt airport on Saturday 7th June while trying to board Qatar Airways flight QR1434 flying to Tehran Khomeini in Iran via Doha.
After a body scan proved positive to ingestion of illicit drug, he was placed on excretion observation during which he expelled 53 wraps of cocaine in six excretions with a total weight of 1.172kg, Babafemi said.
The suspect claimed to have gone into the criminal trade two years ago, moving between the West African sub-region and Iran, according to the statement.
