Two trucks carrying 7,500 live cartridges and bundles of Indian hemp worth over N600 million were captured by police in Kebbi State.
One of the trucks was travelling from Ghana to Nigeria via Togo and Benin Republic, while the other took off from Benin Republic to Nigeria, bypassing various checks.
Nafiu Abubakar, the state Police Public Relations Officer, stated this while briefing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, describing the arrest as massive.
He said that on September 10 at about 7:30 pm, a team of police border patrol team attached to Saransa-Maje road, Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi, intercepted a container truck registered: Lagos, IT 21520 LA conveying 4,927 parcels of suspected Indian hemp.
The police spokesman said that the substance was valued at over N300 million, adding that three suspects, Emmanuel Chukwuma from Abia, Kanta Bisa from Ghana, and Shola Adeyemi from Ondo State were arrested while others escaped.
“The same dedicated, courageous, and very hard-working team of police border patrol intercepted another container truck with registration number: IT 21608 LA conveying 7,500 live cartridges and 4,106 parcels of dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp.
“The substance is valued at over N300 million and one AbdurRasaq Agbola of Iyana Ajiya area in Ibadan, Oyo State was arrested,” he stated.