In the quest of controlling the trafficking of drug in and out of the country, a 32-year-old drug trafficker who based in Liberia named Maduabuchi Chinedu, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Chinedu was apprehended with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion in street value.
Premilinary information shows that Chinedu hails from Obaha Okigwe village, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state, lives in Liberia where he works as a miner.
He was arrested during an inward joint search of Ethiopian Airlines flight 911 at the Abuja airport on Wednesday with 9.30kg cocaine with each pellet wrapped in candies wraps and concealed in his luggage.
Maduabuchi claimed he left Nigeria in 2018 to settle in Liberia where he now has a residence permit.
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