A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Ernest Obiora has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, (Ikeja), Lagos.
Obiora was subsequently put under observation during which he has so far excreted 97 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine with a total weight of 1.55kilogramme and a street value of N360million.
He was arrested at about 1:16 pm on Sunday 25th April 2021 during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline.
He arrived in Lagos on board the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the anti-drug law enforcement agency, Ahmadu Garba, “Obiora was intercepted in the E-arrival hall of the airport by the operatives of NDLEA on the suspicion that he ingested drug substance.