Police intercept drugs worth N3m in Lagos

The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted ten bags of illicit drugs suspected to be Indian Hemp in the state.

The command made this known in a statement issued on Sunday by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin.

The statement was titled, ‘Police intercept drugs worth three million Naira in Lagos’.

Hundeyin disclosed that the drugs, packed in ten sacks, were being conveyed in a Lagos colour commercial bus with registration number LND 995 XT from Iddo to a destination in Mushin.

He added that the commercial bus was stopped by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on April 29, 2022, at Stadium Bus Stop, Surulere.

The police spokesperson noted that two occupants of the vehicle escaped, while the driver, Amodu Agbaje, was arrested.

Hundeyin stated: “Luck ran out on the suspects when vigilant Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives on routine patrol 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).

“The 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,” the statement partly read.

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