The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Dajou Abuba, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested, to Istanbul, Turkey.
The Agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday that Mr Abuba, who is from the Zaire province in Angola, was arrested on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at the screening point of the Kano airport while trying to board Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul, Turkey, via Cairo.
After his body scan result confirmed he had ingested an illicit drug, he was thereafter placed under excretion observation, during which he expelled 120 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions.
In his statement, the suspect claimed he was in the business of township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.
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