Meanwhile, a 36-year-old Nigerian based in Italy, Nwakanma Michael Uche has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja for ingesting pellets of heroin.
Nwakanma who hails from, Arodizuogu Village, Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA while trying to board Air France Airline enroute Abuja-Paris-Milan, Italy on Sunday 15th May 2022.
He was thereafter kept under observation during which he excreted 95 pellets of the illicit drug.
He claimed he came to see his parents in Nigeria after 12 years in Italy and to complete his fathers traditional marriage rites.
He added that he was to be paid N1.5million after a successful delivery of the drugs in Milan.
