The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Kingsley Celestino, a businessman, over 9.40 kilograms of heroin allegedly concealed in false bottoms of his travelling bags.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said Kingsley was arrested at terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja, Lagos, on Saturday, on his way to India.
He said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect frequently travelled to India on business class tickets.Babafemi said the suspect claimed that he deals in the clothing business between Nigeria and India. The NDLEA spokesperson said operatives of the agency at the Tincan seaport in Lagos, on Friday, recovered 244 parcels of Canadian Loud weighing 79 kilograms.He said the illicit drugs were concealed in medium-sized wooden sound system speakers packed inside two out of four used vehicles in a container coming from Toronto via Montreal, Canada.
He said one Etounu Monday, another suspect travelling to Oman, was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, on February 27.
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