Suspect arrested with liquid cocaine at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, January 19th, 2012

A drug suspect, currently in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), is telling the anti-narcotic officials all he knows about the 7.1kg of liquid cocaine found with him at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos .

The suspect, 32-year-old Patrick Chukwuemeka emulsified the drug in a solvent and packaged it as wine. It was intercepted during the screening of passengers in an Emirate flight from Brazil enroute Dubai. Three of the nine packs of wine that the suspect imported were found to contain cocaine. The estimated street value of the drug was N63.9 million.

However, seized cocaine in liquid form was not common in the country as most seizures were in powdery form. Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, while inspecting the mode of drug concealment said the agency would continue to expose the tricks of drug barons in the country. The NDLEA boss attributed the seizure to the alertness of officers at the airport.

The suspect, who had an Emirate flight ticket number 1764539551392 arrived at about 2300 hours on Monday January 16, 2012. He hails from Enugu and had lived in Brazil for over seven years. Investigation revealed that he left Nigeria to Abidjan, Cote d’ivoire in 2002.

The following year, he moved to Cape Verde and in 2004 he travelled to Brazil. Patrick had his primary education at Aji Central School Aji, Enugu State where he graduated in 1994. He also attended Aji High School from 1994 to 2000.

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