Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, have arrested a 35-year-old nursing mother, Mariam Drissu, while trying to smuggle drugs into the cell for a suspect in custody.
According to a statement issued by the Agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, officers on duty, had while searching the food brought by Mariam for her relation who was in custody, discovered two cups of “Loud” cannabis weighing 13grams buried inside the food (akpu) meant for the suspect in custody.
In a related development, officers of the Command also raided a Cannabis farm, measuring 3.210691 hectares, in Ayegunle forest, Akoko Edo area of the state, destroyed the plantation and evacuated 100 bags of harvested cannabis weighing 1,639kg, while a suspect, Samuel Ochonogor was arrested in the forest with 66.7kg of cannabis.
