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NDLEA Foils Drug Smuggling Attempts, Recovers 125 Wraps Of Heroine | Daily Report Nigeria
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  • NDLEA has foiled attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle heroin into Nigeria.

  • The suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus and James Herbert Chinoso, excreted a total of 125 wraps of heroin after being arrested at the Port Harcourt and Lagos airports.

  • The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended the officers involved in the arrests and seizures.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle heroin into Nigeria.

According to a statement by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, one of the kingpins, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, was intercepted by NDLEA officers at the Port Harcourt airport.

Sylvanus, who uses dual identities to aid his cross-border movements, was found to have ingested illicit drugs. He was subsequently taken for a body scan, which confirmed the presence of heroin in his system.

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He was then placed under excretion observation, during which he expelled a total of 62 wraps of heroin in five excretions, weighing 1.348 kilograms.

NDLEA Foils Drug Smuggling Attempts, Recovers 125 Wraps Of Heroine

The second kingpin, James Herbert Chinoso, was arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Lagos airport.

After a body scan confirmed illicit drugs in his system, he was placed under excretion observation, during which he expelled 63 wraps of heroin with a total weight of 909 grams.

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The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended the officers involved in the arrests and seizures, saying “their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country, especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts, are well appreciated.”

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Operatives of the NDLEA have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, as well as his accomplice in Lagos state.

According to reports, the suspect, identified as Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe was apprehended, following the arrest of his partner in crime.

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