{"id":395,"date":"2009-04-15T09:08:24","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T07:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.africanews.it\/english\/?p=395"},"modified":"2009-04-15T09:08:24","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T07:08:24","slug":"nigeria-man-swallows-3kg-of-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africanews.it\/english\/nigeria-man-swallows-3kg-of-cocaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: man swallows 3kg of cocaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian <strong>Ndlea<\/strong>, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have arrested Mr. Uko John Ifeanyi, a 46-year-old father of three children, with 3.349 kilogrammes of <strong>cocaine<\/strong> concealed in his <strong>stomach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The report was published yesterday 14 of April on thepmnews.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to Nigerian website, this was the <strong>highest quantity<\/strong> of cocaine an individual had ever swallowed at a time <strong>since<\/strong> Ndlea was set up in June <strong>1989<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect had ingested &#8220;<strong>136 wraps<\/strong> of substance that tested positive to cocaine&#8221;, thepmnews.com reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi was arrested on 9 April 2009, during the screening of passengers on a KLM flight. He was about to leave for <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Aachen+germany&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=36.094886,79.101563&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=50.797255,6.083679&amp;spn=0.450494,1.235962&amp;z=10&amp;iwloc=A\"><strong>Aachen<\/strong><\/a> in <strong>Germany<\/strong>. He lives in <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Ajao+Estate+lagos+nigeria&amp;sll=50.797255,6.083679&amp;sspn=0.450494,1.235962&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=6.492712,3.902893&amp;spn=1.416294,2.471924&amp;z=9\">Ajao Estate<\/a>, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>man<\/strong> confessed that he was <strong>desperate<\/strong> to make money and revive his business.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on how he ingested such a large quantity of cocaine, he said: &#8220;I am a<strong> heavy feeder<\/strong> that was how I could ingest 136 wraps of the drug. Besides, I was desperate because I was told that the higher the quantity I swallowed, the bigger the money they would pay me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I swallowed the drugs in a hotel at <strong>Isolo<\/strong>, Lagos, for a fee of 4,500 Euros. I lost my father. My mother is suffering from stroke. I am married and I have three children and nobody is willing to help. My wife was surprised when I told her that I was travelling. She asked me how I got <strong>money<\/strong> to travel but I told her I will tell her when I return. I never thought of arrest because I was desperate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thepmnews.com\/2009\/04\/14\/drug-trafficker-breaks-record-swallows-136-wraps-of-cocaine\">thepmnews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?w=640\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Ndlea, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have arrested Mr. Uko John Ifeanyi, a 46-year-old father of three children, with 3.349 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in his stomach. 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