Four Suspected Drug Traffickers Excrete 171 Wraps Of Cocaine In Lagos (Photos)

Four suspected drug traffickers; Ejiofor Eliezer (46), Obah Francis (30), Akpa Sobuzochukwu (27) and 36-year-old Ike Okechukwu have been nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to smuggle cocaine to Brazil. The suspects excreted 171 wraps of drug that tested positive for cocaine.

Eliezer, who excreted 100 wraps of the drug, told investigators that poverty pushed him to commit the crime;

“I live in Brazil, where I work in a supermarket and lived with my wife and four children. Life in Brazil is tough because I live from hand to mouth. It was poverty that made me to smuggle drugs. I took risk by swallowing 100 wraps of cocaine for N200,000 because of poverty.”

Francis said he took to drug trafficking to augment the meager salary he earned at a bakery in Brazil.

“I am single and have been working in Brazil for two years. At present, I work in a bakery and my salary is meager. My plan was to give the drug to a friend in Dubai, but he did not come to collect the drug as planned. This was how I had to come to Nigeria with the drug. I blame my friend for my arrest because I would have made S15,000 (about N2.8m) from the deal.”

Sobuzochukwu, who holds a diploma in accounting, also said his poor salary as a cleaner forced him to ingest 26 wraps of cocaine for a fee of S1,500 (about N285,000);

“I regret my involvement in drug trafficking. I dropped out of school in Junior Secondary School class two and I work in a toy company in Brazil,” he added.

The NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, says the suspects will soon be charged to court.