Disabled Nigerian busted in Ghana with Cocaine en route to Dubai

The Suspect

A 55-year-old Nigerian Okeke Ambrose Ifedili-Chukwu has been arrested in Ghana after several pellets containing cocaine were extracted from his insides, Myjoyonline reports.

Doctors at the 37 Military Hospital reportedly operated on Ifedili-Chukwu to retrieve the substance ingested by the drug trafficker after earlier attempts at two other hospitals failed.

The physically challenged Nigerian arrived at the KIA aboard an Emirates aircraft en route to Dubai when he was arrested.

According to the Deputy Executive Secretary of NACOB, Nii Lante Blankson, the suspect left Abidjan for Accra on transit.

Okeke was observed to be behaving abnormally while on the flight. He was promptly referred to Aviation Clinic where officials observed him. He admitted swallowing an unknown number of pellets of cocaine after anti-narcotic officials interrogated him.

The suspect  also revealed that he was heading to Dubai to deliver the substance after swallowing the pellets in Abidjan.

He was taken to Akai House Clinic in Accra where an X-ray examination confirmed cocaine pellets lodged in his stomach.

The clinic advised that he be medically observed while he expelled the pellets from his stomach.The suspect was taken back to the Aviation Clinic for further observation and for him to expel the pellets.

Mr Blankson said, however, that while Okeke went back to the Aviation Clinic, his condition became critical and so he was quickly transferred to the 37 Military Hospital for further treatment where he expelled the pellets.