Nigerian Businessman Excretes 68 Wraps of Cocaine After 12 Days Under NDLEA Watch

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 36-year-old businessman, Ibeanusi Nosike, from Onitsha, Anambra state.

Nosike was apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos after excreting 68 wraps of cocaine over a 12-day observation period.

According to NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi, Nosike was intercepted in the early hours of Thursday, while attempting to board a flight to Abuja. He had plans to connect to Vietnam via Qatar Airways.

"The suspect who came under NDLEA surveillance following intelligence had arrived in Lagos from his base in Onitsha, Anambra state the previous day, Aug. 7," Babafemi stated.

Nosike lodged in a hotel where he swallowed the 68 wraps of cocaine before heading to the airport for a 6:30 am flight the following morning.

"He was thereafter intercepted by NDLEA operatives who moved him into excretion observation where he spent the next 12 days excreting the cocaine pellets weighing 1.282 kilograms," Babafemi added.