Nigerian man arrested after cocaine & heroin were found concealed neatly in his traveling bag.

Europe-bound Nigerian man arrested after cocaine & heroin were found concealed neatly in his traveling bag.

A Greece-based Nigerian man, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu, 53, has been arrested by operatives of the NDLEA after cocaine & heroin were found concealed in his traveling bag.

According to a statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was arrested at the Muritala Mohammed International airport when he debarked from an Ethiopian airline flight on February 3rd, after officers in the tarmac team of NDLEA intercepted 2 bags during a secondary check exercise at the foot of the aircraft.

“When the bags were searched in the presence of Chinedu & other airport stakeholders,2 big pellets wrapped with foil papers & sprinkles of pepper were recovered from each of the 2 sides of one of the bags. The pellets were used to construct false walls at the sides of the bag.

The 2 parcels contained substances that tested positive to cocaine & heroin of 1.30kgs & 900grams respectively.