NDLEA arrests grandpa with 11kg cocaine in Abuja airport, seizes bottles of codeine in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 74-year-old grandpa at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja for attempting to smuggle 11 kilograms of cocaine The post NDLEA arrests grandpa with 11kg cocaine in Abuja airport, seizes bottles of codeine in Lagos appeared first on The Nation Newspaper.


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