The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Abuba.
The Angola businessman was caught at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano, while attempting to traffic 120 wraps of cocaine, which he had ingested, to Istanbul, Turkey.
Abuba was nabbed at the screening point of the Kano airport while trying to board an Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul via Cairo.
A body scan confirmed he had ingested illicit drugs.
He was thereafter placed under excretion observation, during which he expelled 120 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions.
Speaking on the incident, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that Abuba, who is from the Zaire province in Angola, claimed he was previously involved in township delivery services before engaging in drug trafficking.
