A 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, has been arrested at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while heading to China with 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms buried in his stomach.
He was arrested on Saturday during the outward clearance of passengers going to China via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines.
When he was taken for a body scan, Izueke tested positive for ingesting illicit drugs and was promptly placed under excretion observation.
While under observation, the suspect, who claims he is into clothing and auto spare parts business in Lagos, expelled a total of 95 pellets of the class A drug in seven excretions.
In his statement, Izueke claimed he decided to engage in illicit drug trafficking to raise enough money to complete the country home he is building in his village, Iwollo, Enugu State.
