NDLEA Arrests Ex-Convict In Iwo Over Possession Of Hard Drugs
A 65-year-old ex-convict, Dauda Lamidi has been arrested by officers of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Osun State Command, for alleged possession of narcotics.
The arrest was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Odigie Charles.
According to the statement, the suspect was caught during a patrol in Iwo in possession of dried weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
The drug was said to have been packed inside two engine oil gallons.
The statement also revealed that Lamido was sentenced to three years imprisonment for the same offence in 2019.
The statement read in part; “The Command operatives, while carrying out a motorised patrol in Iwo on Saturday, 23rd March, 2024, intercepted one Dauda Lamidi, 65 years, with dried weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa inside two engine oil gallons which weighed 1.550 kg.
“Dauda, who is an ex-convict, was convicted for the same offence in 2019 for three years.”
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