The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Wednesday that it had arrested a 32-year-old man with 7.1 kg of liquid cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja.
In a statement by its spokesman, Mr Mitchel Ofoyeju, NDLEA said that the drug was intercepted during the screening of passengers that arrived on an Emirate flight from Brazil, en route Dubai on Monday.
Ofoyeju said that the drug, with an estimated street value of N63.9 million, was emulsified in a solvent and factory-packaged as wine.
He said that three of the nine packs of wine that the suspect imported were found to contain cocaine.
The NDLEA spokesman said that seizure of cocaine in liquid form was uncommon in Nigeria.
He quoted NDLEA Chairman Ahmadu Giade as saying that the agency would continue to expose the tricks of drug barons in the country.
Ofoyeju also quoted Giade as attributing the seizure to the alertness of NDLEA officers at the airport and saying that the suspect would soon appear in court.
According to Ofoyeju, the anti-drug Commander at the Lagos airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, said that the suspect was believed to be working for a Brazilian drug syndicate.
The NDLEA spokesman said that the suspect had lived in Brazil for more than seven years.
He quoted the suspect as saying that he indulged in drug trafficking due to financial difficulties.
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