One of the suspects arrested at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, few hours to its closure has said he inserted 386 grammes of cocaine into his anus over a promise of N1 million to traffic the drugs to Cambodia.
The 53-year-old Lekwauwa Mark Otaka who was arrested alongside a father of three who is an automobile dealer in Onitsha Amabra.
Odogwu Augustine Ike was arrested with 2.150kg of heroin from Tanzania. Cocaine wraps excreted by a suspect The agency’s Commander at the Abuja Airport, Hamisu Lawan, explained that the duo tested positive for narcotic ingestion during routine screening.
According to him, “Odogwu Augustine Ike was caught with 110 wraps of heroin weighing 2.150kg from Tanzania on an Ethiopian Airline flight, while Otaka was found to have inserted seven wraps of cocaine weighing 386 grammes into his anus on an Egypt Airline flight to Cambodia. Both suspects are currently under investigation.”
During interrogation, Otaka, an Aba-based shoe merchant, said: “I was afraid of swallowing the drugs so I chose the insertion method. I inserted 386 grammes of cocaine into my anus in my desperation to get N1 million promised.”
On his part, the 57-year-old Ike, said to have excreted 110 wraps of heroin, revealed that he was promised N600,000 to smuggle the drug.
The father of four, who hails from Anambra State, blamed his action on financial hardship.
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