Brazil-based businessman arrested at Lagos airport with ingested 700g of cocaine

He said that the suspect, who had lived  in Brazil for 35 years, returned home with the cocaine buried in his stomach.

This, he said was a discovery made following his arrest by NDLEA operatives.

Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested at the E-Arrival hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil on Ethiopia Airlines flight via Addis Ababa.

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“When he was taken for body scan, the result confirmed that the suspect had foreign objects concealed in his stomach.

“As a result, he was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 29 wraps of substances that tested positive to cocaine weighing 700grams.

“In his statement, the suspect claimed he operates an African store in Brazil where he sells provisions, shoes and clothes.”

He explained that he bought the illicit consignment in Sao Paulo to resell in Nigeria with a view to raising substantial capital to boost his business.

Meanwhile, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Investigation and General Investigation, (DOGI), on Nov. 26 intercepted two consignments containing cocaine and pentazocine injection.

Brazil-based businessman arrested at Lagos airport with ingested 700g of cocaine