Crime
Man arrested for smuggling cocaine neatly hidden in bathing soaps
A 27-year-old man identified as Madu Chukwuemeka Miracle has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for smuggling cocaine from Kenya into Nigeria.
According to a statement by the Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu on arrival from Nairobi, Kenya via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday 26th Oct.
“A search of his three bags revealed seventy-six (76) foreign bathing soaps made with cocaine in one of the bags while another has two plastic bottles containing cream like liquid, which tested positive to cocaine. The cocaine bars weigh 10.650 kilograms while the liquid cocaine weighs 2.496 kilograms, bringing the total weight to 13.146 kilograms,” the statement read.
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