A
serving police inspector and a dismissed army corporal were among 14 suspects
arrested by the NDLEA in Kogi for being in possession of 1,083.62 kilograms of
Indian hemp valued at N6 million.
The Commander of the
NDLEA in Kogi, Idris Bello, told journalists in Lokoja on Monday that the
police inspector was arrested on February 25 at Crusher area of Lokoja while
conveying 75 bags of Indian hemp weighing 818.2 kg in a police bus with
registration number NPF 7973 NPF.
He said that the
suspect was conveying the drug from Okpela, Edo, to Abuja when he was arrested
alongside two other accomplices.
Mr. Bello said that the
dismissed army corporal was arrested in Lokoja while on his way from Edo with
44kilograms of weed suspects to be Indian hemp
According to him, 12
other suspects, including a woman, were arrested this month with varying
kilograms of weed.
He said that the 40-
year-old woman was carrying a four-year-old boy at the time she was arrested with
32.4 kilograms of Indian hemp.
The commander said that
three other suspects were arrested with 190 blocks of compressed Indian hemp,
although the exact kilogram and monetary value had not been ascertained.
He said that the
suspects, who were coming from Edo, were arrested at Obajana in Kogi in a car
with registration number Kano BC 737 KMC.
Mr.
Bello, who attributed the success of the command in recent times to the support
being received from the state government, thanked Governor Yahaya Bello for the
donation of patrol vehicles.
Speaking on the
development, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Jerry Omodara,
commended the NDLEA for its efforts, urging it to sustain the tempo.
He promised that the
state government would continue to offer support to all security agencies in
the state.
-NAN
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