Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, have apprehended a 32-year-old man, Patrick Chukwuemeka, who was carrying 7.1kg of liquid cocaine.
The drug, according to a press statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune by the spokesman of the anti-drug agency, Mitchel Ofoyeju, was emulsified in a solvent and packaged as wine.
It was intercepted during the screening of passengers in an Emirate flight from Brazil enroute Dubai.
The statement noted that three of the nine packs of wine that the suspect imported were allegedly found to contain cocaine, adding that the street value of the drug was N63.9 million
The statement added that the seized cocaine in liquid form was not common in the country as most seizures were in powdery form.
The chairman/chief executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, while inspecting the mode of drug concealment stated that the agency would continue to expose the tricks of drug barons in the country.
“We are poised to expose the tricks of drug barons in the country.
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