The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Charles Madukolu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos.

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

According to him, the 44-year-old man was nabbed for importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies’ lip gloss into Nigeria.

“Onyeka who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Ethiopia for drug trafficking offences and released from prison in 2020, was again arrested on Friday 16th September 2022 at the Lagos airport on his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight,” Babafemi said.

“A search of his luggage revealed he had concealed 5.90kg cocaine inside cans of deodorants and female lip gloss. During the preliminary interview, he claimed to have gone into the drug business to raise fresh capital to start a legitimate business after his release from Ethiopian prison in 2020.”

The NDLEA added that the suspect, who is a father of two kids, said he was in the motor spare parts business before going into the criminal trade.

Charles, an indigene of Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, told NDLEA officials that he was expecting to be paid an N2 million on the successful delivery of the illicit drug in Nigeria.

Similarly, in Kogi State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway on Saturday 17th September, intercepted a J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha enroute Kaduna-Zaria with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges, while the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested.