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Businessman sells assets to finance N23m cocaine deal, arrested at Lagos airport

A 48-year-old businessman, Nwankwo Innocent Onyebuchi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, while allegedly attempting to travel to New Delhi, India, with 1.550 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage. Onyebuchi, who deals in marbles in Lagos, was arrested at […] Businessman sells…

Businessman sells assets to finance N23m cocaine deal, arrested at Lagos airport

A businessman from Lagos, Nwankwo Innocent Onyebuchi, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while allegedly attempting to travel to India with 1.550 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage. The businessman, who had sold his marble business to raise ₦23 million for the illicit drug trade, was arrested at the departure hall of Terminal II of Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

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