A retired 96-year-old soldier, Pa Joseph Owherhi, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in the Suleja area of Niger state for trafficking illicit drugs.
The NDLEA Director for Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a press statement in Abuja.
“The suspect was arrested in his house at Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja on Saturday, 21st August 2021 with three kilograms of skunk based on credible intelligence where he confessed he has been living on the illicit trade since he retired from the military in 1982.”
The suspect also claimed he has eight wives and 50 children.
“Meanwhile, four trans-border drug traffickers have been arrested in Adamawa state while attempting to cross the land border on a motorcycle in Kolere village, Mubi North LGA to Cameroon on Sunday 22nd August with packs of Tramadol concealed inside noodles cartons.”
The suspects include, “Ibrahim Aliyu, Umar Mohammed, Aliyu Adamu, and Usman Adamu.” Narcotic officers had during a raid the previous day arrested a drug dealer, Chimezie Okorie at Layin ‘Yan Gwanjo, Mubi market where assorted drugs such as 23kg of Tramadol and 32kg of Diazepam injection were recovered from him,” he explained.
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