Two Businessmen Under NDLEA Custody Excrete 193 Cocaine Pellets

Two businessmen under the observatory custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug.

They were arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for cocaine ingestion and excreted the pellets after three days in observatory custody.

The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr. Babafemi, who identified the traffickers as: Onoh Ebere, 49, and Christian Ifeanyi Ogby, 47, said they were intercepted at the Abuja airport on Wednesday 10th May upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951.

“Though both suspects have businesses they manage 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 excretion room, Ebere Onoh excreted a total of 100 pellets weighing2.137kg while Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji expelled 93 pellets hidden in his stomach with a gross weight of 1.986kg”, he said.