I wanted to complete My Village Mansion — Enugu Businessman Arrested at Kano Airport for Smuggling 95 Wraps of C@caine to China
A 62-year-old Lagos businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, was caught at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) on January 31, 2026, trying to smuggle 95 jumbo-sized wraps of c@caine weighing 1.589 kilograms hidden inside his stomach.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced the arrest in a statement by its Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, February 8.
Nwabueze was on a flight to China via Addis Ababa when a body scan detected the dr¥gs. Under close observation, he expelled the pellets in seven rounds.
He confessed to using dr¥g tr%fficking as a way to raise money to complete building his country home in Iwollo, Enugu State.
