Four drug traffickers excrete 171 wraps of cocaine

Four drug traffickers Ejiofor Eliezer (46), Obah
Francis (30), Akpa Sobuzochukwu (27) and 36-year-
old Ike Okechukwu all pictured above have been
arrested by officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, after they excreted 171
wraps of drug that tested positive for cocaine at the
Muritala Mohammed International Airport.
According to Punch, the men were apprehended
during the screening of passengers on board Qatar
and Emirates airlines enroute to Brazil. One of the
drug traffickers, Eliezer, who excreted 100 wraps of
the drug, when interrogated, said poverty pushed
him into the illicit business.
"I live in Brazil, where I work in a supermarket and
lived with my wife and four children. Life in Brazil is
tough because I live from hand to mouth. It was
poverty that made me to smuggle drugs. I took risk
by swallowing 100 wraps of cocaine for N200,000
because of poverty."he said
Another trafficker, Francis when interrogated said he
ventured into drug trafficking to boost his meager
salary he makes from his bakery job in Brazil. He said
he would have made N2.8 million if he had
succeeded.
"I am single and have been working in Brazil for two
years. At present, I work in a bakery and my salary is
meager. My plan was to give the drug to a friend in
Dubai, but he did not come to collect the drug as
planned. This was how I had to come to Nigeria with
the drug. I blame my friend for my arrest because I
would have made S15,000 (about N2.8m) from the
deal."he said
Sobuzochukwu who holds a diploma in accounting,
swallowed 26 wraps and was paid S1,500 i.e
N285,000.
One of the traffickers, Okechukwu expressed his
regrets
"I regret my involvement in drug trafficking. I
dropped out of school in Junior Secondary School
class two and I work in a toy company in Brazil," he
added
According to NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, they
would be charged to court soon.