{"id":57429,"date":"2024-12-01T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57429"},"modified":"2024-12-01T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:51:26","slug":"ndlea-arrests-nigerian-businessman-over-alleged-cocaine-importation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/01\/ndlea-arrests-nigerian-businessman-over-alleged-cocaine-importation\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA Arrests Nigerian Businessman Over Alleged Cocaine Importation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 50-year-old Nigerian businessman based in Brazil for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine into the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who had lived in Brazil for 35 years, was apprehended on November 29 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi revealed that the drugs were concealed in the suspect&#8217;s stomach. A body scan detected foreign objects, prompting his detention for observation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over time, he excreted 29 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine, weighing 700 grams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect claimed to run an African store in Brazil, dealing in provisions, shoes, and clothes.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly purchased the cocaine in S\u00e3o Paulo with plans to sell it in Nigeria to raise capital for his business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, NDLEA officers intercepted two consignments of illicit drugs on November 26.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first contained 200 grams of cocaine, while the second comprised 110 grams of pentazocine injection. Both consignments, concealed in local fabrics and cartons, were bound for the United Kingdom via a courier company in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The agency has reiterated its commitment to curbing drug trafficking and ensuring the safety of Nigerians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 50-year-old Nigerian businessman based in Brazil for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine into the country. &nbsp; The suspect, who had lived in Brazil for 35 years, was apprehended on November 29 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57431,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57429\/revisions\/57431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}