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A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Obiora has excreted 97 wraps of cocaine after his arrest and being placed under observation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. The value of the drugs weighing 1.55 kilogrammes is put at a street.The Advocate
Michael Olugbode in Abuja
A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Obiora has excreted 97 wraps of cocaine after his arrest and being placed under observation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA,) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.
The street value of the drugs weighing 1.55 kilogrammes is put at N360 million.
A statement yesterday by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed that Obiora was arrested at about 1:16p.m. on Sunday 25th April, 2021 during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline.
Babafemi said Obiora had arrived Lagos on board the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.
Friday Olokor Published 1 May 2021A 47-year-old drug trafficker, Chigbogu Obiora, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State.The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said on Friday that Obiora was put under observation during which he excreted 97 wraps of substances that tested positive to cocaine with a total weight of 1.55kg and a street value of.
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One Chibogu Ernest Obiora, a suspected drug trafficker, has excreted 97 wraps of cocaine worth N360m after he was intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
According to a statement by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Friday, April 30, Obiora, 47, was arrested during inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline.
“Obiora was subsequently put under observation during which he has so far excreted 97 wraps of substances that tested positive to 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 had arrived Lagos on board the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia,” the statement read.