3rd June, 2020
The Jigawa State Police Command said that a suspected illicit drug peddler has been arrested with 100 parcels of hemp.
SP Abdu Jinjiri, the police spokesman confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday.
Jinjiri said that the suspect, aged 25, was arrested at the Kano-Jigawa border in Kijawal Village in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa.
He said that the suspect, a resident of Sabon Garin Yaya Village in Taura Local Government Area of the state, was arrested in a Peugeot 406 heading to Kano.
Meanwhile, the police discovered four bags each containing 25 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be hemp.
The spokesman added that the parcels were valued at N750,000.
“The driver was apprehended and the vehicle impounded.
“During interrogation, the driver said that the vehicle and the hemp were given to him by his master who is a big hemp dealer, now at large, to deliver it to other vendors in Gezawa LGA, Kano State, who are also at large,” he said.
According to him, efforts are being made to arrest the fleeing suspects.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Gomna, has also directed the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to transfer the case to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for prosecution.