{"id":729942,"date":"2019-10-23T18:51:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T18:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/23\/man-trafficking-cocaine-to-finance-his-wedding-arrested\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T18:51:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T18:51:56","slug":"man-trafficking-cocaine-to-finance-his-wedding-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/23\/man-trafficking-cocaine-to-finance-his-wedding-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Man trafficking cocaine to finance his wedding arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/man-trafficking-cocaine-to-finance-his-wedding-arrested\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"935\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cocaine-696x935.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Cocaine\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = 90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ibeh Augustine Chukwuma, a Brazil-based Nigerian man has been arrested by operatives of the\u00a0National Drug Law Enforcement Agency  (NDLEA) after arriving the\u00a0Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA),  Abuja with a\u00a0maximum ECOLAC bag which had 5kg of pure cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Nigerian man who revealed that he has been working with a construction company in Brazil since 2011, said he\u00a0helped smuggle cocaine from Brazil to fund his traditional marriage. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ibeh said he was promised N500,000 by a compatriot living in Brazil if he could deliver the drug consignment to an unknown person at the  Abuja airport. <\/p>\n<p>He admitted that he knew the content of the bag but blamed it all on financial difficulties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis name is Emmanuel Paul. He deals in foodstuff along with operating a restaurant. He is my friend. I asked him for financial assistance for my marriage and he said he cannot give me the money until  I carry the cocaine. He actually told me that it is a drug but I had no  choice,\u201d NDLEA spokesperson, Jonah Achema quoted Chukwuma as saying<\/p>\n<p>An NDLEA spokesperson said the\u00a0five kilograms of pure cocaine was a huge seizure as it is\u00a0worth N100 million if adulterated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: Lindaikeji<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = 90 Ibeh Augustine Chukwuma, a Brazil-based Nigerian man has been arrested by operatives of the\u00a0National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after arriving the\u00a0Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja with a\u00a0maximum ECOLAC bag which had 5kg of pure cocaine. 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