The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, disclosed that it has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Obivuko Ifeanyi, with 210 grammes of substances that tested positive for cocaine.
Obivuko, who was apprehended at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, had allegedly inserted the drugs into his anus.
He was said to have been detected with the aid of the body scanner during the inward clearance of passengers from a Turkish airline from Brazil.
The Agency's Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, described the incident as unusual, calling insertion by men "a rare and dangerous mode of drug concealment."
Hamza also said that Obivuko had taken a big risk by showing up at the airport with the drugs.
According to him, drug traffickers had been avoiding the airport because of a new additional body scanner donated by the United States government "which has greatly improved NDLEA’s efficiency".
