Kano business man apprehended by NDLEA for attempted smuggling of Coc@!ne
The NDLEA arrested a businessman at Kano Airport for attempting to smuggle a large consignment of cocaine through body packing.
An attempt by an Export and Import businessman by name Olisaka Chibuzo Calistus to smuggle a large amount of Coc@!ne packed in about 256 wraps weighing about six kilograms into the country through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Makia, Kano state has been impeded by officials of the National Dr@g Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
A press released statement by the spokesperson of the anti-dr@g Agency, Femi Babafemi, states that the seizure which is the largest interception of C0c@!ne at the Kano airport since the Makia Command of NDLEA was created in 2006 was made on Sunday the 15th of December, 2024 during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 from Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Olisaka who claims to be into import and export business was subjected to body screening during which he was found to have packed hundreds of C0c@!ne pellets in his body.
A similar attempt had been made by an ex-convict, Olanrewaju Bada Akorede to export a Consignment containing rohypnol to South Africa through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos State was equally thwarted by operatives of the NDLEA at the airport. The Consignment had been hidden in a Cargo containing Gari, Shoes, Men’s singlets and other items.
Olanrewaju had been convicted of a similar off€n$e earlier this year following his arrest on 12th December, 2023 for attempting to ship 4.90kg of Tramadol and 2.10Kg of rohypnol to South Africa via the export shed of the airport in Lagos. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos with option of fine of N900,000 which he had paid and was released before returning to repeat the same cr!m£.
Synonymously, Cynthia Akaeen an Italy-based businesswoman was arrested by the NDLEA on the 18th December whilst attempting to book a Royal Air Maroc flight to Italy through Addis Ababa. According to her confession, she was promised €1,000 upon successful dispatch of the parcel to Italy.
