NDLEA busts NYSC hemp trafficking gang

NDLEA busts NYSC hemp trafficking gang

Friday, May 6, 2016 8:37 pm


NYSC members:Just for illustration

NYSC members:Just for illustration

The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday  may have cracked an Indian hemp trafficking gang among corps members serving  in the North west axis  with the arrest of a female corp member.

The  female  Corps member serving in Zamfara was arrested on Sokoto-Gusau Road  with 9 kilogrammes of Indian hemp.

The Commandant of the agency in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said the suspect was serving in Gumi Local Government Area of Zamfara.

He said that the suspect had confessed to being initiated into the business by a fellow Corps member.

He said the suspect had boarded a luxury bus from Onitsha in Anambra, to Sokoto, from where she would board another bus to Gumi in Zamfara, when she was arrested at a check point in Sokoto.

The commandant said that investigation had already commenced to fish out those who initiated her and their source of supplies, in order to prosecute them.

“ We will charge the suspect to court as soon as we are through with our investigation,” he said.

The suspect told NAN at the NDLEA Command, Sokoto, that she regretted her action, and that she did not know how her parents my would feel about it.

“I am ashamed of myself; this is my first time of engaging in this illegal business.

“I strongly advise fellow corps members to avoid falling into the temptation of such crooked means of making money, “she said.


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