Spokesman of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, November 27, 2022.
A 46-year-old Nigerian has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.
Iroegbute Ejike Francis was arrested with 4kg of cocaine soaked in towels as he landed in Abuja from Brazil.
Spokesman of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, November 27, 2022.
"The move by a Brazilian returnee, Iroegbute Ejike Francis, 46, to smuggle 4kg cocaine soaked in towels stuffed in his hand luggage into the country was foiled on Thursday 24th Nov by NDLEA officers who arrested him, upon his arrival on a Qatar Airline flight from Brazil -Doha-Abuja," the statement read.