Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday 9th December 2023 intercepted twelve (12) consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a Drug Trafficking Organisation at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu.
Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Femi Babafemi in a statement said a businessman was arrested in connection with the consignment.
According to him, the business man identified As Augustine Justine Emeka was arrested upon his arrival from Douala, Cameroon via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Ethiopia airline with the 12 consignments.
The 12 consignments consist of seven hundred and ninety-seven (797) pellets of cocaine weighing 17.6 kilograms.
He said during preliminary interview, the 44yrs old Augustine who claims he deals in copper wire admitted the cocaine consignments were for delivery to 12 different persons in the country.
