Two Suspects Nabbed Concealing Cannabis In Sack Of Garri

Two suspects, Kabiru Muhammed and Isah Muhammed have been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,  for concealing cannabis in a bag of garri.

The suspects were said to have been arrested along Zaria-Kano Road, Kano on Friday.

The spokesman for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday.

The statement read, “Two suspects, Kabiru Muhammed, 35, and Isah Muhammed, 28, were arrested with 20 blocks of cannabis weighing 11.2kg concealed in a bag of cassava flakes (garri) along Zaria-Kano road, Kano on Friday, April 28.

“No fewer than seven bags of cannabis with a gross weight of 74.5kg were recovered when operatives raided an uncompleted building located in a bush in Ala town, Akure area of Ondo state.”

Also, 60kg of the same substance concealed among footwear in two jumbo sacks was recovered from one Aminu Mohammed along Ibadan-Oyo Road, Oyo State while waiting to board a vehicle to Kebbi State.

Meanwhile, NDLEA officials also seized 126 parcels of Canadian loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 63Kg concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos.