The National Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Amobi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, yesterday.
Amobi was arrested as he was travelling to Doha with 1.3kg of Indian hemp concealed in a bag of foodstuffs.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi stated today in Abuja that Amobi claimed to have lived and worked in Doha for over 10 years.
He also claimed to have bought the Indian hemp in Enugu to deliver in Doha to enable him to pay his rent in Qatar and Nigeria and to offset the school fees of his three children.
Meanwhile, one Uchegbu Obi was also arrested at the airport following the seizure of 72,000 pills of tramadol from him.
He was arrested while attempting to ship the drugs, packed in a carton and weighing 38.5kg, to Kano on a local flight.
