Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said a 50-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Offiah Vincent, died after ingesting wraps of methamphetamine, said a statement  by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, on Saturday in Lagos.

Mitchell Ofoyeju, weekend, in Lagos said that the suspect, who was an importer, died on February 16 after ingesting wraps of the substance.

“In a post mortem examination carried out on his corpse on February 18, in a Lagos hospital, 43 additional wraps that got stuck were recovered from his stomach.

“This brought the total wraps ingested to 115. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had bought the drugs he ingested with the intention of selling them when he arrives in Korea,” the statement added.

The statement said that the suspect was rushed  to the hospital after complaining of acute pains during the outward clearance of passengers on Emirates flight to Korea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on February 13.

“Unfortunately, he died from complications arising from the ingested drugs,” it added.