Four kilograms of cocaine were recovered by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) from a Brazil returnee, Iroegbute Francis, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.

Femi Babafemi the spokesperson for the anti-narcotics agency made this disclosure in a statement on Sunday, November 27, 2022.

"The move by a Brazilian returnee, Iroegbute Ejike Francis, 46, to smuggle 4kg cocaine soaked in towels stuffed in his hand luggage into the country was foiled on Thursday 24th Nov by NDLEA officers who arrested him, upon his arrival on a Qatar Airline flight from Brazil -Doha-Abuja," the statement read.