NDLEA nabs vehicle loaded with Indian Hemp

By Tola Gbadamosi
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The Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has commenced raiding of hideouts and arrest of people selling  dangerous drugs in Akure.

The Hope Metro gathered that  operatives of the NDLEA invaded the  hideouts of the drug dealers in Akure South Local Government area, where a suspected notorious drug dealer  was arrested and later  escaped.

It was further reported that the suspect was trailed to the hotel, where  he  was  said to have registered his name as Mayowa and Kano State as his destination.

During the raid,  a car key was reportedly  found,  while a girl  believed to be the girlfriend of the accused was found sleeping in the hotel room. But she was said to have explained that she came from Abuja and  denied knowledge of his  boyfriend’s  drug dealing.

“However, the culprits  later surfaced at the hotel and he was apprehended by NDLEA operatives,”it was revealed.

  The State Commander of the agency who  spoke  with The Hope Metro through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Wilson Ekechukwu, revealed that Cannabis  sativa  weighing 343 Kilograms was apprehended in a dark Blue Toyota Camry parked  at the front of the hotel.

He appealed to members of the  communities in the state to support the agency by providing useful information on drug peddlers which he said  will aid their arrest and  rid the society off crime and criminality.

According to Ekechukwu, “As the girl is being held at the command, our men are on the trail of  the fled suspect.

 “The command will carry on more sensitization on the effects of drug trafficking and its users.