Okolie Paulinus Nwabueze, a 53-year-old Brazilian returnee and father of two, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 92 wraps of cocaine.

Paulinus excreted the illicit substance after days of observation in the agency’s facility.

According to a statement released on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s spokesperson, Nwabueze was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, on Friday.

“The 53-year-old trafficker who hails from Mmaku village, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was arrested on Friday, September 2, upon his arrival on Qatar Airline flight enroute Brazil-Doha-Abuja,” the agency stated.

“He claimed to have left Nigeria to Mozambique in 2004 and finally relocated to Brazil in 2017, where he obtained a residence permit before deciding to import the illicit substance for a $4,000 fee.”

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In the same vein, the NDLEA said it arrested Aliyu Bello Kwasare, a 42-year-old man, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, for attempting to export akuskura, a new psychoactive substance, to Saudi Arabia.

“The indigene of Kware LGA, Sokoto, who lives in Goron Dutse area of Kano, was arrested on Monday 5th September during the outward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight to Riyadh,” the agency said.

“In addition, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, no fewer than 1,099,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg have been seized through inter-agency collaboration between the NDLEA and the Nigerian Customs.”

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The NDLEA statement also revealed that Haruna Favour, a 25-year-old pregnant woman in Auchi, Edo State, was arrested on Friday.

Haruna was arrested for being in possession of 82 pinches of methamphetamine and various quantities of loud, arizona and colorado variants of cannabis, and codeine-based cough syrup.

Mohammed Buba Marwa, the NDLEA chairman, commended the officers involved in the arrests for their resilience and charged them and their compatriots in other commands to remain focused and vigilant in their areas of responsibility.