NDLEA arrests UNIZIK student with over 1.25kg cocaine inside male condoms

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) said on Thursday in Lagos that it
had arrested a 32-year-old student of
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, with
1.25kg of cocaine.
The agency said in a statement that the 400
level Fine and Applied Arts student was
arrested at Akanu Ibiam International
Airport, Enugu.
“The student was arrested during the
screening of passengers on an Ethiopian
flight from Brazil en route Addis Ababa at
the Enugu airport.
“He was found to have ingested
liquid cocaine packed in male
condoms,’’ said the statement signed by
NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju
and emailed to the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN).
It said the suspect also excreted 25 wraps
of the substance.
“This is the first arrest by the agency from
the airport and is exciting to us.
“The agency accords high priority attention
to all the airports. We shall continue to
strengthen our operations at the airports
and prevent drug trafficking syndicates
from using them.’’
The agency said the suspect would soon be
charged to court as soon as investigations
were concluded. (NAN)