By RhemDy News
A 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu for ingesting 98 wraps of cocaine while heading to Italy via Addis Ababa and France.
NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi disclosed in a statement on Sunday that Cyril was apprehended at the departure hall of the airport on Sunday August 2, 2026, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET930.
Babafemi said the suspect was subsequently placed on excretion observation during which he excreted 98 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.510 kilograms.
He added that investigations revealed that Cyril had arrived Nigeria from Italy on July 13, 2026 and had ingested the drug in a hotel in Awka, Anambra State before proceeding to Enugu to board his flight to Europe on August 2nd.
In his statement, Cyril claimed that he has been doing business in Italy for years before agreeing to traffic the drug consignment for a fee of 3,500 Euros to raise money to relocate to Germany where his family is based.
In another instance, attempts by some drug trafficking syndicates to export 1.2 kilograms of cocaine concealed in 25 pieces of phone chargers going to Saudi Arabia were thwarted by NDLEA operatives at a courier firm in Lagos.
A similar bid to send 500 grams of the same class A drug hidden in the false bottom of a backpack to Italy was equally aborted in another logistics company by NDLEA officers on Monday August 3rd, while a consignment of 2.3kg Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, coming from the United States was intercepted in another shipping company in Lagos on Tuesday August 4.
Meanwhile, NDLEA officers on patrol along Akure-Ilesha Expressway on Tuesday August 4, intercepted a North-bound truck with 1,633 kilograms of skunk concealed in bags of rice shafts.
Two suspects identified as Buba Jamilu, 40, and Sanusi Ibrahim, 30, who were transporting the consignment were arrested.
Operatives of the anti-narcotics agency also recovered a total of 147kg skunk from Ita Ogbolu forest during a raid operation on Monday August 3rd.
In Oyo state, operatives acting on credible intelligence same day raided a drug warehouse in Elebure Village at Oriire Local Government Area, where they recovered 731.03 kilograms.
A 57-year-old suspect, Felicia Thompson, was arrested while her partner, Thompson Vincent Nwaka escaped and remains at large.
In a similar operation, operatives supported by soldiers recovered 65 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 604.5kg at Ewe Luleha in Owan West LGA of Edo State on Wednesday August 5.
While a drug joint operator, Chibuike Charles, 31, was arrested during a raid at his Samec by powerline base in Osisioma LGA, Abia State where 7kg of skunk was seized on Thursday August 6, a notorious wanted drug dealer, Adome Claude Sikuru was on Saturday August 8 nabbed at the fibre market drug jungle, Badagry, Lagos, after a three-month manhunt.
As at the time of his arrest, 88.5kg of skunk was seized from him.
A total of 73 cartons containing 442 packets of cookies and gummies infused with cannabis weighing 309.4kg were discovered during a joint examination of a 40ft container by NDLEA officers, Customs and other security agencies on Tuesday August 4 at the Tincan port complex Lagos leading for the arrest of one Larry Nnaji in connection with the seizure.
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