A businessman identified as Kingsley Celestino has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Celestino was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two traveling bags.
The suspect was arrested as he tried to travel on a business class ticket aboard an Qatar Airline flight at Terminal 2 of the MMIA on Saturday 4th March to India.
Though a native of Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the 49-year-old was traveling with a Guinean international passport.
A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of NDLEA, says a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect frequently travels to India on business class tickets. He claimed he deals in the clothing business between Nigeria and India. It was further established that he obtained the Guinean international passport in Guinea Bissau, where he said his mother came from.
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In the same vein, a 24-year-old passenger traveling to Oman, Etounu Monday, was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Monday 27th February during the outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline flight ET 950 while attempting to export 1.924kg of skunk concealed in cream tubes.
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