The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies’ lip gloss into Nigeria. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the ‘businessman’ had served a seven-year jail sentence in Ethiopia for drug peddling and was released from prison in 2020. Mr Babafemi said the suspect was arrested on his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. A video posted by Mr Babafemi showed the moment NDLEA officers at the airport uncovered the illicit drug. “During preliminary interview, he claimed to have gone into the drug business to raise fresh capital to start a legitimate business after his release from Ethiopian prison in 2020,” the statement read.

Source: Ethiopian News September 19, 2022 22:42 UTC