Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, after he was found to have ingested 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine while attempting to travel to China.
Izueke, who claimed to be involved in the clothing and auto spare parts business in Lagos, was arrested on Saturday, January 31, 2026, during the outward clearance of passengers heading to China via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940.
The agency, in a statement signed on Sunday by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said a body scan conducted by NDLEA operatives confirmed the presence of illicit drugs in Izueke’s system, after which he was placed under excretion observation. He subsequently expelled 95 pellets of cocaine weighing a total of 1.589 kilograms in seven excretions.
In his statement, the suspect admitted that he ventured into drug trafficking in a desperate bid to raise funds to complete a house he was building in his hometown of Iwollo, Enugu State.
