A Madrid, Spain-bound suspected drug trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry, who was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Easter Sunday, has excreted a total of 113 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750kg with a street value of N423 million.
Henry was about boarding a Turkish Airline flight number TK0626 at about 8 pm on Easter Sunday when he was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at screening 2 point and taken into custody.
In a statement released to journalists on Friday, Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media, said that the suspect was subsequently taken into custody and placed under observation at the JBTF/NDLEA facility for further investigation by operatives of the agency at the Lagos Airport.
Henry reportedly passed out after his 5th excretion, as he excreted the last 39 wraps of cocaine, making a total of 113 after being placed under observation for twenty hours.
Further investigations also revealed that he had ingested the illicit drugs in a hotel in the Igando area of Lagos.
Ahmadu Garba, Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA said,
“The suspect excreted 39 wraps weighing 600 grams at 9.58 am on April 5; 13 wraps weighing 200 grams at 6.30 pm same day; 16 wraps weighing 250 grams at 10.30 pm same day; and 32 wraps weighing 500 grams at 7.30 am on April 6.”
Also, the operatives at the airport intercepted a 2.8kg of skunk concealed in crayfish, bitter leaves, and melons packaged in a sack meant for Dubai in the UAE through the Emirates Airline.
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. General Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd), in reaction, commended officers and men of the MMIA Command of the Agency for not allowing criminal elements to take advantage of the Easter holiday to promote their illicit trade and dent Nigeria’s image abroad.
He said,
“We all must stay committed to the ongoing offensive action at the airports, seaports, land borders, on the streets of Nigerian cities and across the various drug joints and even in the forests where some are hiding to cultivate and process Cannabis Sativa. We must disrupt their illicit trade and dismantle their cartels.”
