The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd.) said that the agency saved two suspected drug traffickers from untimely death who swallowed 137 wraps of cocaine.
The duo and three other suspected narcotic traffickers were apprehended at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja with 8.588kgs of cocaine.
Apart from two suspects that ingested wraps of cocaine, three others were caught with cocaine hidden in socks and chocolates.
Abdallah said both suspects would have died as a result of complications arising from ingestion of 137 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine. According to the NDLEA boss, “two passengers from Sao Paulo, Brazil enroute Dubai have been saved from premature death by the prompt intervention of narcotic officers.
”The suspects were in a critical health condition on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport due to drug ingestion. They were immediately rushed to the hospital for intensive medical care. All 137 wraps of cocaine ingested by the suspects have been successfully evacuated from their system and they are now in a stable health condition”.
