Police authorities in Katsina State on Friday paraded a 58-year-old suspected Indian Hemp dealer with 180 carefully sealed parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.
The suspect simply identified as Abdurrazaq
Ajibade of Kofa community in Kwara State but residing behind Magama Restaurant in Katsina metropolis, was arrested while attempting to smuggle the prohibited
items to the Niger Republic.
While parading the suspect at the Command
headquarters, Katsina, the police spokesman Gambo Isah revealed that the
suspected trafficker was arrested on September 7th, 2022 at about 16:30 hours
based on credible intelligence.
Although the remaining members of the
syndicate comprising a driver and one other member escaped, the arrested
suspect confessed to having been in the deal six consecutive times each of
which the sum of N60, 000 is being offered to him as his commission to take
care of his family.
Ajibade during the police interrogation
also stated that he was arrested at ‘Welcome to Katsina Gate’.
“I am not the dealer of the prohibited
items, my own is just to deliver the items to the destination. I am just
serving as the middleman,” he said. “It’s one Hambali from Ogbomosho that hired
my service.”