Law enforcement officials in Nigeria have arrested two men attempting to smuggle large quantities of cocaine from Abuja to Paris, France. 

The suspects, identified as Aliocus Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Both men had traveled back to Nigeria for short holidays before being caught during the departure clearance process for an Air France flight.

Airport security screening, including body scans, revealed that the suspects had concealed illicit substances inside their bodies. Following their interception, both men were placed under medical observation and subsequently excreted a combined total of 200 wraps of cocaine, weighing a total of 3.46 kilograms.

Authorities noted that Odife had ingested 110 wraps weighing approximately 1.9 kilograms, while Blackborn had swallowed 90 wraps weighing roughly 1.55 kilograms.

In addition to the airport arrests, the anti-narcotics agency reported several other major enforcement operations across the country:

• Lagos State: Officers recovered nearly a thousand kilograms of cannabis from two commercial vehicles.

• Oyo State: Two men were apprehended while loading over 500 kilograms of cannabis into a truck in the Igboora area.

• Kano State: Multiple raids led to the seizure of hundreds of thousands of controlled pharmaceutical pills, including diazepam, tramadol, and Exol-5.

• Kaduna and Zaria Expressways: Authorities intercepted a female suspect traveling with hundreds of rounds of live AK-47 ammunition, alongside a separate arrest of an elderly man carrying thousands of restricted pharmaceutical injections and tablets.

Leadership of the agency emphasized that individuals residing abroad will not be granted immunity from border security laws and stressed that anti-narcotics officers remain on high alert at all national ports of entry and exit.