The Nigeria Customs Service FCT Area Command has intercepted a passenger with 444 wraps of a white substance, weighing 9.9kgs and suspected to be cocaine, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The suspect, Mr Maduabuchi Chinedu was picked up on the 24th of November by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service after cross-examination.
The passenger arrived in Abuja from Brazil via Addis Ababa.
According to the Customs Area Controller, FCT Command, Comptroller Nanbyen Patience Burromvyat, the suspect has been handed over to Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Command for further investigation