India-bound businessman arrested with 9.40kg heroin
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a businessman, Celestino Kingsley, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos with over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two travelling bags.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known on Sunday in a statement.
According to Babafemi, Kingsley, a business class passenger on Qatar Airline flight, was arrested at Terminal 2 of the MMIA on March 4, 2023 on his way to India.
Though a native of Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the 49-year-old was travelling with a Guinean international passport.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect frequently travels to India on business class tickets.
He claims he deals in clothing business between Nigeria and India.
It was further established that he obtained the Guinean international passport in Guinea Bissau, where he said his mother comes from.
