One Mr Emmanuel Okechukwu Orjinze from Nkerefi in Enugu State has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine. My Orjinze who was France-bound had presented himself as a businessman before his arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.
According to NDLEA, the suspect excreted the substances after days of observation in the agency’s custody following his arrest on Tuesday 21st May during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 from Abuja to Paris, France.
Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect, who also claims he is a professional footballer in Europe, was taken into custody where he excreted a total of 111 pellets of cocaine that weighed 1.603 kilograms over a period of three days after a body scan confirmed he ingested illicit drugs.
He alleged that the suspect claimed he does business in the maritime sector while still scouting for any European football club to engage him.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the NAIA, MMIA, FCT, Lagos, Cross River, Katsina, and Edo Commands of the Agency for their outstanding feats in the past week.
Marwa equally applauded their counterparts in all the commands across the country for intensifying their WADA advocacy lectures.
