The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, Lagos, Mr Bala Hassan has transferred two suspects found with cannabis to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The suspects were arrested with 863 compressed parcels of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis weighing 781.5 kilogrammes believed to have been smuggled from Ghana by sea at Badagry.
According to thenationonlineng, They were received by the Seme command of the Agency on behalf of the NDLEA.
NDLEA commander at Seme Border Command, Mr Udotong Essien while receiving the suspects and exhibits, pledged to carry out further investigation.
The commander gave the names of the suspects as Ismaila Aliyu, 26, a transporter and Edwin Igbokwe, 39, a labourer at Badagry jetty.
Items recovered from them include: one speed boat powered by Yamaha engine; three Honda motorcycles and N480,000 believed to be proceeds from drug business.
Aliyu said he imported the cannabis from Ghana for the end-of-year sales.
He said: “Most dealers now prefer imported cannabis from Ghana. This consignment was targeted at the end-of-year sales. As a transporter, I make more money from cannabis importation.
“The cannabis would have been distributed to dealers in Lagos if not that we were arrested. I have two wives and four children and I take care of them from the money I make from cannabis sales.”
Igbokwe said his role was to carry the drugs from the boat to a vehicle that will convey them from the riverside to town.
