France Bound ‘Businessman’ Excretes 93 Pellets Of Heroin At Abuja Airport

A 40-year-old ‘businessman’, Sherif Egbo, who injected 2.222 kilograms of illicit drugs has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France.

The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi in a weekly communique release on Sunday, noted that the Spain-based suspect was arrested on Saturday, October 14 after a body scanner revealed that he had wraps of illicit drugs in his stomach.

“He was subsequently placed under observation at the agency’s exhibit recovery room where he excreted 93 pellets of heroin weighing 2.222 kilogrammes. In his statement, the suspect claimed he works at a chicken hatchery farm in Madrid, Spain, and also in the drug trafficking business.”

The communique further revealed that NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO imports shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos on Monday, October 16, seized a consignment of 10 cartons containing 500,000 pills of tramadol 225mg branded as tapentadol.

The cargo, which was shipped from India through Qatar Airways with airwaybill number MAWB 319-01227236 was purported to be a transit cargo to Monrovia, Liberia. However, the lid was blown open through partnership and real-time intelligence-sharing mechanisms between NDLEA and its Liberian counterpart.