Police Arrests NDLEA Staff for Illegal Possession of Hard Drug 

The police have intetcepted a 50-year-old official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) with four Kilogrammes of illegal drugs identified as Marsh-Mallow, on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos.

The NDLEA personnel who was alleged to have confessed to be on his way to sell the substance, was said to have been arrested by a team of policemen led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police ((ASP) Samuel Sunday, who was on a routine patrol on Saturday, August, 12, 2023.

In was gathered that the suspect was arrested when the team of policemen acting on instinct, requested to know what was concealed in the suspect’s bag.

During the search the policemen, as gathered, discovered the illicit drugs, consequent upon which the suspect was arrested.

Police sources hinted that “The team intercepted the suspected drug courier at about 2.50p.m. at Cement Bus Stop.

The suspect identified himself as Kelechi, 50, an indigene of Abia State, attached to NDLEA office, First Gate, Tin Can Island, Lagos.

“During interrogation, he confessed that the four kilogrammes of illicit drugs known as Marsh-Mallow was given to him by his superior whom he identified as Odogwu, to go and sell.”

Sources further hinted that the superior mentioned by the suspect would be invited to clarify the allegation as part of the ongoing investigation.

When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hudenyin, confirmed the arrest.

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