The attempt by an import and export businessman, Olisaka Chibuzo Calistus to smuggle 256 wraps of cocaine weighing six kilograms into the country through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano, has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
A statement signed by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, said the seizure, which is the single largest interception of cocaine at the Kano Airport since the creation of MAKIA Command of NDLEA in 2006, was made on Sunday, December 15, 2024, during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Olisaka, who claimed to be into import and export business, was subjected to body screening, and he was found to have packed hundreds of cocaine pellets in his body.