A businessman, Molokwu Nwachukwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan, and Vietnam has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
He was arrested for concealing thirty-six (36) parcels of cocaine in different parts of his check-in bags, hand luggage and two pairs of slippers, while heading to Southeast Asia.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested Molokwu at the screening point of the MMIA Terminal 2 while attempting to board his flight to Vietnam on Wednesday 22nd March.
A statement by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi stated that a total of thirty-six parcels of whitish powdery substance that tested positive to Cocaine with a gross weight of 1.00 kilogram were recovered from the handles of his bags and soles of two pairs of slippers in his luggage.
The suspect claims he travels frequently to China, Dubai, Pakistan and Vietnam, from where he imports baby wears he distributes from his Onitsha, Anambra state base.
