By Anita
Iroegbute Ejike Francis, a Brazilian returnee, was arrested by NDLEA agents after four kilograms of cocaine soaked in towels were discovered in his luggage at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.
Femi Babafemi, a spokesman for the anti-narcotics agency, announced 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.
