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ABUJA: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria (NDLEA) is reported to have arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with eight kilograms of cocaine concealed in a public address system while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahore, Pakistan via Doha.

According to a press statement issued by NDLEA, the two suspects, identified as Asif Muhammed, 45 and Hussain Naveed, 57, were holding Nigerian residence permits suspected to be fake, were frequent travelers to Nigeria under the guise of doing textile business.

Authorities said operatives at the SAHCO import shed of the airport on Friday seized 13 cartons of tramadol 225mg and 200mg imported from Karachi, Pakistan. The consignment had a total weight of 465.1 kilograms and 642,800 pills of the pharmaceutical opioid.

NDLEA spokesperson said that the two businessmen of Pakistani origin had been on the run for months over their involvement in drug trafficking, and were now arrested by anti-narcotic officers assigned to track them.