The suspect was arrested on Monday 27th June, at the screening point before boarding a Qatar Airways flight en route Doha to Sharjah, with his trip expected to terminate in Dubai, UAE.

A former driver with a public transport company, BRT, identified as Muyiwa Babalola Bolujoko has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, for ingesting 90 pellets of cocaine.

The suspect was arrested on Monday 27th June, at the screening point before boarding a Qatar Airways flight enroute Doha to Sharjah, with his trip expected to terminate in Dubai, UAE.

Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, July 3, said the 39-year-old from Ijebu South LGA, Ogun State, was placed under excretion observation after body scan result confirmed drug ingestion.

While in custody, the suspect excreted all the 90 pellets in four excretions. He claimed he left his N60, 000 per month job as BRT driver in February and decided to work as drug courier to raise funds to buy a shuttle bus popularly called Korope in Lagos to continue his transport business.

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