365 
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 52-year-old father of four, Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu, with black liquid cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA).
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said this was the first time such has happened.
Babafemi said Okeke, who claimed to be a businessman, was arrested with 20.75kg of the black liquid cocaine on March 15 upon his arrival at the Abuja airport on board Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil, through Doha, Qatar.
He said the liquid was discovered upon search of his luggage stuffed with six smaller bags containing 32-makeup mascara, which tested positive for cocaine.
โMarried with four children, the indigene of Oraifiti in Akwusigo local government area of Anambra State claims he was a businessman dealing in children wares before delving into the illicit drug business. He claimed he met the person who gave him the consignment to deliver in Nigeria for a fee of Two Million (N2, 000,000) Naira at a drinking joint in Brazil,โ the Agencyโs spokesman said.
He added that in other operations across the country, different quantities of various drugs were recovered from suspects.
The statement reads, โAt least three persons: Tony Samson, Paul Adamu, and Reuben Waziri were arrested in Kaduna on Friday 18th March with 18,380 tablets of Tramadol, and 12,500 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 tablets.
