67-year-Old Man Arrested For Ingesting 100 Wraps Of Cocaine As He Says He Wants To Raise Money For A New Wife

 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old man Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for allegedly ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine.

The NDLEA arrested Chukwuemeka on Tuesday 3rd October during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He was taken for body scan, which showed pellets in his stomach.

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Chukwuemeka under observation, also excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.

The 67-year old man.in his statement claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married, but lost his wife and without a child.

 He said that was why he decided to go into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life again.