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NDLEA arrests woman with 78 bags of Indian hemp in Kaduna
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a female drug dealer with 78 bags of Cannabis Sativa popularly known as Indian hemp in Kaduna State.
The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said the suspect, Peace Ayuba, was arrested on Friday at Kakau Gonin Gora area of Kaduna State with the drugs weighing 849.5kilogrammes.
Read also:NDLEA arrests 121 suspects, seals 13 properties in Kaduna
He said the agency operatives also arrested a 28-year-old man, Onyeka Owo, with 443 bottles of codeine based syrup in Sokoto State.
In another development, a notorious drug dealer in Alaba Rago area of Ojo in Lagos, Surajo Mohammed, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Federal High Court, Lagos.
Babafemi said: “Surajo was arrested with 941.15kilogrammes of cannabis on Monday, December 20, 2021 and arraigned in court in charge number FHC/L/370c/2021.
“In the judgment delivered on Thursday October 6, 2022, Justice Yellin Dogoro, however, gave the convict an option of N7million fine.”
By Promise Eze
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