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Drug couriers excrete 125 heroine wraps at Lagos, P’Harcourt airports

Two drug kingpins were arrested at Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, excreting a total of 125 wraps of heroin, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.
Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, 30, was caught using dual identities and excreted 62 wraps of heroin weighing 1.348 kilograms at Port Harcourt Airport on February 2, 2025. He admitted to entering the drug trade in 2017 after his business failed.
James Chinoso, 48, was arrested at Lagos Airport on February 1, 2025, after returning from Madagascar, and excreted 63 wraps of heroin weighing 909 grams. He also turned to drug trafficking after his business collapsed.
In separate operations, NDLEA seized various drugs, including 2.82 kilograms of synthetic cannabis and 15,396 tramadol pills, and vowed to intensify crackdowns on drug syndicates across the country.

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NDLEA busts drug kingpins, suspects excrete 125 heroin wraps

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspected drug kingpins at Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who excreted a total of 125 wraps of heroin. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Sunday, revealing that one of the suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, operates

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Optimum Times

How Two Drug Kingpins Excrete 125 Wraps Of heroin At Lagos, Port Harcourt Airports

Two suspected drug barons have excreted 125 wraps of heroin after their arrest at Lagos and Port Harcourt Airports. This foiled their attempts to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). One of the kingpins who uses dual identities to aid his cross border movements, has a Nige…

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CAJ News Africa

Kingpins excrete heroin in Nigeria drugs operation - CAJ News Africa

from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, NigeriaNigeria BureauLAGOS, (CAJ News) – TWO alleged drug kingpins have excreted a combined 125 wraps of heroin, weighing over 2,25 kg, during a crackdown against drugs by Nigerian authorities. By this breakthrough, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled efforts to smuggle consignments of the illicit through Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. One o…

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Njenje Media News

Two drug kingpins excrete 125 heroin wraps at Lagos, PH airports

“He was subsequently taken for body scan which confirmed he ingested illicit drugs and thereafter placed under excretion observation during which he expelled

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The Whistler Nigeria

Two Excrete 125 Wraps Of Heroin After Arrest By NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two drug lords for attempting to smuggle heroin into Nigeria through the Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The smugglers were apprehended and placed under excretion observation after they ingested the opiods and tried to smuggle them into the country. A total of 125 wraps of heroin were recovered. In a statement released on Sunday…

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Two drug kingpins excrete 125 wraps of heroin at Lagos, Port Harcourt airports

*NDLEA intercepts Colorado, Loud, Tramadol consignments in gas cylinder, others in Kano, Kogi; seizes Canada-bound opioids Attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). One […] The post Two drug kingpins excrete 125 wraps of heroin …

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