Abuja—Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazilian returnee, Okolie Nwabueze, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,( NAIA) Abuja for importing 92 wraps of cocaine.
Okolie was arrested on September 2, 2022, upon his arrival on Qatar Airline flight en route Brazil-Doha-Abuja.
Vanguard reports that the 52-year-old alleged trafficker and father of two ingested and eventually excreted the wraps after days under observation in the agency’s facility.
According to a statement by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, “Nwabueze claimed he left Nigeria to Mozambique in 2004 and finally relocated to Brazil in 2017, where he obtained a residence permit before deciding to import the illicit substance for a $4,000 fee.”