The Katsina State Police Command has paraded a 58-year-old suspected Indian Hemp dealer with 180 sealed parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.
The suspect identified as Abdurrazaq Ajibade of Kofa community in Kwara State but residing behind Magama Restaurant in Katsina metropolis, was arrested while attempting to smuggle the prohibited items to the Niger Republic.
While parading the suspect on Friday at the Command headquarters, Katsina, the police spokesman Gambo Isah revealed that the suspected trafficker was arrested on September 7th, 2022 at about 16:30 hours based on credible intelligence.
Although the remaining members of the syndicate comprising a driver and one other member escaped, however, the arrested suspect confessed to having been in the deal six consecutive times each of which the sum of N60, 000 is being offered to him as his commission to take care of his family.
Ajibade during the police interrogation also stated that he was arrested at ‘Welcome to Katsina Gate’.
“I am not the dealer of the prohibited items, my own is just to deliver the items to the destination. I am just serving as the middleman. It’s one Hambali from Ogbomosho that hired my service”, he said.
