An 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Dajou Abuba, who was Turkey-bound, has excreted 120 wraps of cocaine he ingested in Nigeria.
This followed the arrest of the businessman by operatives of the National Drug Law enforcement Agency in Nigeria on February 25, 2025.
Abuba was nabbed at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano for attempting to traffic the large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested, to Istanbul, Turkey.
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Abuba, who is from the Zaire province in Angola, was arrested at the screening point of the Kano airport while trying to board EgyptAir flight MS 880 to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo.
After his body scan result confirmed he ingested 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 into the business of township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.
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