A 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Abuba, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for attempting to traffic 1.829 kilograms of cocaine to Istanbul, Turkey.
The native of Zaire Province of Angola was intercepted at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, while trying to board an Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul via Cairo.
In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said a body scan confirmed that Abuba had ingested illicit drugs, a development that led to his placement under observation.
After several hours under observation, he excreted 120 pellets of cocaine, weighing 1.829 kilograms, in seven rounds, the statement added.
According to Babafemi, the suspect claimed in his statement that he was into township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.
