The NDLEA, in surveillance operations, apprehended a 48-year-old businessman, identified as Nwankwo Onyebuchi, who was found with 1.550kg of cocaine concealed in the walls and handles of his luggage, at Terminal II of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Onyebuchi was boarding a Qatar Airways flight to New Delhi, India, when eh was caught by NDLEA operatives

The Director of Media of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that Onyebuchi, who deals in marbles, said he sold his business and other assets to raise ₦23 million to buy the drugs, hoping to sell them in India at ₦100 million.