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- NDLEA Arrests Suspect with N81 Million worth of Cocaine
Thursday, 28 November 2013
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives in Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) has paraded Maduagwu Nnaemeka Charles who was found with 3 kilograms worth of high-grade pure cocaine about N81 million. The dangerous drug if diluted could make up to 9 kilograms.
The Commandant of the agency in-charge of MAKIA, Ambrose Umoru, said Maduegwu was arrested during screening of passengers of Egypt Air Flight No. MS 879.
He said “the suspect had boarded Ethiopian Airline flight No. ET 507 from Sao Paulo-Brazil and transited to Cairo, Egypt before arriving Kano via the Egypt Airline before luck ran out on him.”