A total of 193 pellets of cocaine have been excreted by two businessmen who were arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for cocaine ingestion, after three days in observatory custody.
This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi.
According to the statement, the traffickers, Onoh Ebere, 49, and Christian Ifeanyi, 47, were intercepted at the Abuja airport on May 10 upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951.
It noted that though both suspects have businesses in Nigeria, their main source of income has been drug trafficking.
“They both travelled to Uganda and from there crossed over to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they picked the consignments before returning to Abuja with Lagos as their final destination.
“After days in the excretion room, Ebere Onoh excreted a total of 100 pellets weighing 2.137kgs while Christian Ifeanyi expelled 93 pellets hidden in his stomach with a gross weight of 1.986kgs,” the statement disclosed.
