Korean man excretes 48 wraps cocaine in Nigeria

LAGOS, July 27 (Reuters) A Korean man has excreted 48 wraps of cocaine, weighing a total of 1.6 kilos (3.5 lbs), since his arrested three days ago at a Nigerian airport, the country's narcotics agency said.

''He is still excreting. It is a scary quantity to swallow,'' said a spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

Nigeria does not produce narcotics but has become a hub for trafficking.

Sentences for trafficking are relatively light in the West African country and do not really deter criminals, according to the US State Department.

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