The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a businessman, Nwachukwu Molokwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan, and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for drug trafficking.
This is contained in a statement by the Director, of Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested for concealing 36 parcels of cocaine in different parts of his check-in bags, hand luggage, and two pairs of slippers while heading to Southeast Asia.
He said that Molokwu was arrested at the screening point of the MMIA Terminal 2 while attempting to board his flight to Vietnam on Wednesday, March 22.
He also said that a total of thirty-six parcels of whitish powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine with a gross weight of 1.00 kilogram were recovered from the handles of his bags and soles of two pairs of slippers in his luggage.
He added that the suspect claims he travels frequently to China, Dubai, Pakistan, and Vietnam, from where he imports baby wear he distributes from his Onitsha, Anambra state, base.