The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 30-year-old Brazilian woman, Ingrid Benevides, with 30.09 kilograms of heroin.

Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the drugs, worth over three billion naira in street value, were concealed in factory-sealed coffee packs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

He said the suspect was intercepted on Friday after arriving in Abuja on a Qatar Airways flight.

According to the anti-narcotics agency, Benevides, a private security officer in Brazil, was placed under intelligence-led surveillance before her arrest at the airport.

He said a search of her two checked-in bags uncovered 21 factory-sealed packs of Brazilian coffee containing white substances that later tested positive for heroin.

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