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.
This was made known by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He stated that the suspect, Peace Ayuba, was arrested on Friday at Kakau Gonin Gora area of Kaduna State with the drugs weighing 849.5kilogrammes.
He also said that she wasn’t the only one that was arrested as the operatives also arrested a 28-year-old man, Onyeka Owo, with 443 bottles of codeine-based syrup in Sokoto State while 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.”
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