The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it has intercepted Dangote Truck conveying 100 bags of dry leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa from Ondo state to the FCT.
A statement by the Command Spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said the interception was made possible by a team of intelligence of the Command attached to the Zuba Divisional Police Headquarters, working on a tip-off which also led to the arrest of two suspects.
According to Adeh, the suspects arrested are Sani Muhamed, a 26-year-old male resident of Kano state, and Ahmed Usman, a 32-year-old male resident of Ondo.
She said the suspects stated their involvements in the criminal conspiracy and the illegal possession of prohibited substances and affirmed the illegal commodity is worth about 10 million Naira while they were contracted and promised about Four hundred thousand Naira (N400,000) each.
The statement disclosed that there is an ongoing investigation to arrest fleeing members of the criminal syndicate as the suspects and exhibits will be transferred to the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) upon the conclusion of the investigation.
However, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Babaji Sunday expressed concern about the high rate of drug and substance abuse. He noted that this is the second of such case in less than three months, adding that the incident is one of the root causes of various expressions of crime and criminality in society.
The CP Sunday said that the Command will continue to work hand in hand with the NDLEA to bring to the barest minimum the menace of drug/substance abuse in the Territory.
The Commissioner of Police, therefore, reassured residents of the Command of uncompromised commitment to make the Territory devoid of crime and criminality. He urges members of the public not to hesitate in bringing such information and any other relevant to crime fighting to the Police.
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