A 48-year-old businessman, identified as Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja to Paris, France.
At the time of arrest, he had ingested 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine.
Orizu was arrested at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Sunday, 22nd December, 2024 during the outward clearance of passengers on Air France.
When he was pulled aside for a body scan, he turned down the request claiming his medical condition won’t allow him.
He was, thereafter, taken into custody for excretion observation during which he excreted a total of 74 wraps of the Class A drugs over a period of seven days.
In his statement, Orizu claimed he owns a shop at Balogun market, Lagos Island where he sells school and travelling bags, adding that he was promised 3,000 Euros upon successful delivery of the consignment in Paris.
He left his base in Lagos for the Abuja airport to connect his Air France flight to Paris, hoping to escape detection.
While commending the efforts of the officers and men of NAIA, Katsina, Edo and Marine Commands of the Agency for jobs well done in the past week,
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) tasked them and their compatriots nationwide not to rest on the achievements of 2024 but continue to raise the bar in their offensive action against drug barons and cartels with an equal measure of WADA sensitization campaigns in the new year.
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