A 20-year-old man identified as Abubakar Ishiaku has been arrested by a team of policemen attached to Dutse Alhaji Divisional Police Station with 20 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The FCT Police Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh disclosed this in a statement.
According to the statement, “ a team of policemen attached to Dutse Alhaji Divisional Police Headquarters on an intelligence lead stop and search intercepted a vehicle driven by one Abubakar Ishiaku, a 20 years old male indigene of Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State who has since been on the Command’s wanted list of drug peddlers.
The suspect who took to his heels upon sighting the policemen on duty on the said date was rearrested on the 14th July, 2022 following painstaking investigation while 20 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered. The suspects will be handed over to the NDLEA for prosecution. ”
