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Paris-bound businessman arrested at Abuja airport for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin, cocaine.

Operatives of NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine.

The suspect was arrested while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja to Paris, France on Sunday, December 22, 2024.

He was intercepted during the outward clearance of passengers on Air France and when he was pulled aside for body scan, he turned down the request claiming his medical condition won’t allow him.

He was thereafter taken into custody for excretion observation during which he excreted a total of 74 wraps of the Class A drugs over a period of seven days.

In his statement, Orizu claimed he owns a shop at Balogun market, Lagos Island where he sells school and travelling bags, adding that he was promised 3,000 Euros upon successful delivery of the consignment in Paris.

He left his base in Lagos for the Abuja airport to connect his Air France flight to Paris, hoping to escape detection.

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