The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Dajou Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine to Istanbul, Turkey.
NDLEA stated that Abuba, who is from the Zaire province in Angola, was arrested on Tuesday 25th February 2025 at the screening point of the Kano airport while trying to board Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo.
This is contained in a statement by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.
Babafemi said the suspect was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 120 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions after his body scan result confirmed he ingested illicit drug.
According to the NDLEA, the suspect also in his statement claimed he was into the business of township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.
Babafemi also announced that NDLEA operatives thwarted a similar attempt by an auto spare parts dealer, Okeke Ebuka Igwe, to send two parcels of 1.10kg cocaine concealed in vehicle propellers to Angola through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
