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2 Europe-bound businessmen excrete 200 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport

2 Europe-bound businessmen excrete 200 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport
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Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris. Both men have excreted a total of 200 wraps of the Class A drug weighing 3.460 kilograms.ACcording to the NDLEA, Odife, who claims to live in France where he works in a factory, had arrived in Nigeria for a short holiday on Oct. 21.
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  • ✦He was placed under observation during which he excreted all 110 wraps, which tested positive for cocaine with a total weight of 1.901 kilograms.On the same flight, his co-traveller, Sam Blackborn, was also nabbed by NDLEA officers at the departure hall of the Abuja airport.
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Wednesday:Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.
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  • ✦Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.
  • ✦Both men have excreted a total of 200 wraps of the Class A drug weighing 3.460 kilograms.ACcording to the NDLEA, Odife, who claims to live in France where he works in a factory, had arrived in Nigeria for a short holiday on Oct. 21.
  • ✦He was placed under observation during which he excreted all 110 wraps, which tested positive for cocaine with a total weight of 1.901 kilograms.On the same flight, his co-traveller, Sam Blackborn, was also nabbed by NDLEA officers at the departure hall of the Abuja airport.
Key Facts:Wednesday: Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.
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Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.

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Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.

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