The Troops of 12 Brigade Nigeria Army have arrested a man with a huge quantity of illicit drugs in Kogi State.
The Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations,12 Brigade,Lt. Hassan Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lokoja.
Abdullahi said the man was arrested with a total of 306 parcels of Cannabis Sativa weighing 276 kilograms neatly stocked in a vehicle in the state capital.
He added that the arrest was part of the army’s ongoing efforts to dismantle drug trafficking networks strongly affiliated to banditry and sundry crimes in the state.
“Troops on patrol on Monday intercepted a red Toyota Camry with registration number ABJ 325LA transporting illegal substances from Ekiti State to Borno State.
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“The driver attempted to evade arrest by sighting the troops checkpoint stationed intermittently along transit routes to frustrate the use of such routes as a transit corridor.
“The vehicle was eventually pursued and apprehended along the Apata–Lokoja road,” the spokesman stated.