Operative of Lagos state police command has intercepted ten bags of illicit drugs suspected to be Indian hemp worth three million naira.
Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed that the drugs, which were conveyed in a Lagos colour commercial bus with registration number LND 995 XT from Iddo to a destination in Mushin, was intercepted by vigilant Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives on routine patrol.
The RRS operatives stopped the bus at about 0400hrs on April 29, 2022 at Stadium Bus Stop, Surulere.
While two occupants of the vehicle escaped, the driver, Amodu Agbaje, was apprehended. The arrested driver claimed he was offered Twenty-Five Thousand Naira (N25,000) to convey the drugs with street value of Three Million Naira (N3,000,000).
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi has directed the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, to transfer the suspect and the exhibits to the command headquarters for further investigations.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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