A suspected drug baron, Hassan Bishi Taiwo, has been apprehended by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport MMIA command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for being in possession of three parcels of cocaine concealed in a false bottom created in his suitcase.
Hassan was nabbed at the E-Arrival Hall of the MMIA upon his arrival onboard an Ethiopian airline flight at about 1.30pm on Friday, March 5.
According to the Commander, MMIA command of the agency, Ahmadu Garba, the suspect has been plying his illicit trade through some Middle East countries.