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A Nigerian mechanic who struggled in Brazil for more than six years had hoped the drugs would buy him a life of luxury.

“This was like a retirement plan for him,” said Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

The accused was arrested over the weekend at the airport in Lagos after he came in from Sao Paulo with 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds) of cocaine, Ofoyeju said.

Photos from the agency showed egg-shaped packages wrapped in gold aluminum foil and tucked into the browned chickens.

The suspect, Vincent Chegini Chinweuwa, could not immediately be reached for comment as he was in custody.

Nigeria is a major transit point for drugs coming from Latin America and going to Europe or the United States but recent security improvements are cutting into that dubious distinction.

After a Nigerian man allegedly attempted to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner in 2009, Nigeria started installing airport scanners and sought training for its agents. Ofoyeju says the scanners helped authorities identify more than 100 drug carriers last year, leading to the seizure of about 410 kilograms (904 pounds) of cocaine, among other illicit drugs.

Authorities have found drugs sandwiched inside the fabric of suitcases, sewn into wigs worn by female passengers, tucked into underwear or hidden in phone chargers and even in a stethoscope, Ofoyeju said.

“The list is endless,” he said.

The weekend seizure may even redeem the agency’s image after the controversial arrest last year of a popular Nigerian comedian known as Baba Suwe.

The agency held him for more than three weeks to monitor his bowel movements after a scanner detected what investigators believed to be drugs — but no drugs were ever found.

His ordeal turned the comedian’s life into a potty-humour joke.

The agency was later ordered to pay him $165,000 in damages — a court decision it is appealing.

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Sep 4, 2012

Kabelo10

Nigerians are becoming number one enemy of the world.
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Sep 4, 2012

VENDALIOUS

@Kabelo10
Nigerians are becoming number one enemy of the world.
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Worse than terrorists hey............
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Sep 4, 2012

Msknowitall2

A THOMILE MAKWEEEE
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Sep 4, 2012

BlackLucky

There are too many ways to kill a cat...
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Sep 4, 2012

ChampRef

Ag maan this guys are real bad news. Ba sentse S.A ya rona dilo tse.
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Sep 4, 2012

BlackLucky

@ChamRef akere lware lo tshela in a free country, loletlelela everything to happen in it. Mxm
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Sep 4, 2012

babyfats

yaa neee lezinto i wonder where dey come frm in de world i realy dont like dem Plz God forgive for saying dat
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Sep 4, 2012

Bebesocs

zama zama, it seems they always fail, next time they must try pythons nobody will touch them.
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Sep 4, 2012

Shenene

ai this people are becoming the kingpins of the world....they deal with drugs more than the mexicans nxa
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Sep 4, 2012

OmoT

Hayi, suka Mr editor get your facts straight place,tu? The underwear bomber flew out of Amsterdam, not lagos, scanners have been used before 2009, SA is the major transit point in africa, not nigeria.

nigerian drug lords may be obnixiously loud but they are def not the kingpins - south americans, east europe and asians lead the trade.


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