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  "id": 372841,
  "title": "NDLEA arrests Italy-based businessman for ingesting 98 wraps of cocaine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/ndlea-arrests-italy-based-businessman-for-ingesting-98-wraps-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-09T12:22:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-italy-based-businessman-for-ingesting-98-wraps-of-cocaine/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, for ingesting 98 wraps of cocaine while attempting to travel to Italy through Addis Ababa and France. The arrest took place at the departure hall of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, during the outbound clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET930. According to NDLEA, Cyril was placed on excretion observation, during which he expelled 98 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.510kg. The suspect admitted to agreeing to traffic the drugs for money and claimed he had been doing business in Italy for years before agreeing to traffic the drug consignment for a fee of 3,500 Euros to relocate to Germany.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NDLEA arrests Italy-based businessman for ingesting 98 wraps of cocaine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/ndlea-arrests-italy-based-businessman-for-ingesting-98-wraps-of-378497",
        "published": "2026-08-09T13:13:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}