Two Europe-bound businessmen excrete 200 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport

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Two Europe-based Nigerian businessmen person been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, astatine the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for attempting to smuggle 200 wraps of cocaine to Paris, France.

The suspects, identified arsenic Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, excreted a full of 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46 kilograms aft ingesting the illicit substance.

The NDLEA disclosed this successful a connection connected Sunday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

According to the agency, the suspects were intercepted connected Wednesday, October 28, 2026, during the outward clearance of Air France formation AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.

Odife, who reportedly lives successful France and works successful a factory, arrived successful Nigeria for a abbreviated vacation connected October 21.

He was arrested portion attempting to instrumentality to France aft a assemblage scan conducted by NDLEA operatives confirmed the beingness of overseas objects successful his stomach.

During interrogation, helium admitted to ingesting 110 pellets of cocaine. He was subsequently placed nether reflection and excreted each 110 wraps, weighing 1.901 kilograms.

His co-traveller, Blackborn, was besides arrested astatine the departure hallway aft a assemblage scan indicated that helium had ingested illicit substances.

He confessed to swallowing 90 pellets of ...