Shock as 62 year Frail Provider swallows 95 Wraps of Cocaine, intercepted by NDLEA [PHOTOS]

Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Guidelines Enforcement Company possess arrested a 62-year-broken-down Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport for making an strive to smuggle cocaine to China.

Izueke was apprehended on Saturday, January 31, 2026, within the course of the outward clearance of passengers sure for China by capability of Addis Ababa. He was travelling on an Ethiopian Airlines flight, ET940, when NDLEA operatives flagged him for additional tests.

A physique scan performed on the suspect revealed the presence of overseas objects in step with ingested narcotics. He was directly positioned below shut scientific observation, within the course of which he expelled a total of 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine in seven separate excretions. The illicit substance was later confirmed to weigh 1.589 kilograms.

Preliminary investigations confirmed that the cocaine had been hid internally in a convey to evade airport security screening. NDLEA sources talked about the come indicated a high-threat trafficking strive, especially given the suspect’s age.

All over interrogation, Izueke told investigators that he’s all in favour of clothing and auto spare ingredients procuring and selling in Lagos. He reportedly admitted that he grew to alter into to drug trafficking in a determined are attempting and grasp funds to total a house he’s building in his fatherland of Iwollo, Enugu Declare.

The NDLEA talked about the suspect remains in custody and can be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations. The company reiterated its warning that traffickers, regardless of age or space, will face the stout weight of the regulations.