The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says suspects arrested for the unlawful importation of 450.4kg of cocaine will be prosecuted in the country.
Chairman of the agency,Ahmadu Giade,announced the seizure of 450.4kg of cocaine at the Tin-Can Port, Lagos and the arrest of suspected barons, including a Chinese national, for the importation of the drug.
Giade said the suspects smuggled the cocaine from South American countries to West Africa.
He said those likely to be arraigned soon included two Chinese businessmen.
Giade said the decision to arraign the suspects in the country might have kept the Chinese in high spirit, since the law in China stipulated capital punishment for drug trafficking.
He said the agency is not considering extradition for now, and the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigation is completed.
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