The two parcels of cocaine were concealed in the soles of a pair of black sandals Akajiobi was wearing to board his flight when NDLEA operatives intercepted him on Thursday, July 25, 2024.
A Spain-based 'businessman,' 50-year-old Francis Akajiobi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the departure hall of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Parcels of cocaine weighing 1.20 kilogramme were discovered in Akajiobi’s pair of sandals while attempting to board his Royal Air Maroc flight to Madrid, Spain, NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
The two parcels of cocaine were concealed in the soles of a pair of black sandals Akajiobi was wearing to board his flight when NDLEA operatives intercepted him on Thursday, July 25, 2024.
During his preliminary interview, he claimed the consignment was delivered to him at a bar in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and he was to deliver it to his friend and neighbour in Spain for €5,000 upon successful delivery to the recipient.
In the same vein, a suspect, Makinde Sodiq Lekan has been arrested in connection with the seizure of 99 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 51.60kg that arrived the SAHCO Imports shed of the Lagos airport on a Turkish Airlines flight from Canada via Istanbul, Turkey.