The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspected drug kingpins at Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus and James Chinoso, excreted a total of 125 wraps of heroin.
Sylvanus, 30, was caught at Port Harcourt airport on February 10, 2025, using a Sierra Leonean passport. He excreted 62 wraps of heroin weighing 1.348 kilograms in five sessions. Further investigations revealed that Sylvanus alternated between his Nigerian and Sierra Leonean passports for drug trafficking across Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa.
The second suspect, James Chinoso, 48, was arrested on February 10, 2025, at Lagos airport after arriving from Madagascar. He excreted 63 wraps of heroin weighing 909 grams. Chinoso reportedly turned to drug trafficking after his phone accessories business in Liberia collapsed.
In separate operations, NDLEA operatives intercepted 2.82 kilograms of Loud, a synthetic cannabis strain, smuggled from the United States and destined for Lagos. They also recovered 80 ampoules of pentazocine injection concealed in cartons and bound for Canada.
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