A Brazilian returnee and father-of-two, Okolie Paulinus Nwabueze, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for importing Ninety Two (92) wraps of coc@ine, which he ingested and eventually excr3ted after days under observation in the Agencys facility.
According to a statement by Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson of the agency, the 53-year-old trafficker was arrested on Friday, September 2, upon his arrival on Qatar Airline flight enroute Brazil-Doha-Abuja.
He claimed to have left Nigeria to Mozambique in 2004 and finally relocated to Brazil in 2017, where he obtained a residence permit before deciding to import the illicit substance for a $4,000 fee.
