Michael Olugbode in Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted an attempt by an import and export businessman, Olisaka Chibuzo, to smuggle 256 wraps of cocaine weighing 6 kilogrammes into the country through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano. The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday described the seizure as the single largest interception of cocaine at the Kano airport since the creation of MAKIA Command of NDLEA in 2006. He said the seizure was made on Sunday 15th December 2024 during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, noting that Olisaka who claims to be into import and export business was subjected to body screening during which he was found to have packed hundreds of cocaine pellets in his body.
Babafemi said a similar attempt by an ex-convict, Olanrewaju Akorede, to export a consignment of rohypnol to South Africa through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was equally frustrated by NDLEA officers at the airport, noting that consignment was hidden in a cargo containing gari, shoes, men’s singlets and other items. He said Olarenwaju was convicted for a similar crime earlier this year following his arrest on 12th December 2023 for attempting to ship 4.9 kilogrammes of tramadol and 2.
1 kilogrammes of rohypnol to South Africa through the expo.
