Fake Policemen Arrested with Marijuana Worth N5.5 Million in Ondo
Troops of 32 Artillery Brigade have arrested two suspected fake policemen in possession of 50 bags of substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana), worth of N5.5 million in Ondo State.
While parading the Suspects, Officer Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade Provost, Major Emontimi Kontei said the suspects, Nze Ezenwa aged 55 years and Stephen Sunday aged 35 years were arrested, on the 2nd of August 2021 while on transit from Owo to Abuja in a white coloured Toyota Sienna mini-bus with registration number RBC 334 BG loaded with the Marijuana.
Emontimi noted that “at the time of arrest, the suspects were masked and dressed in Nigeria Police pullover and replaced the original vehicle plate number with fake Nigeria Police vehicle number NPF 1651D and mounted with siren in order to divert attention of security agencies”.
He said “items recovered from them include 4 mobile phones, 2 wallets and the sum of One Hundred and Forty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Naira (N148,300.00) only.
The commander noted that in another development, on 19th of July, 2021 at about 4am it’s men deployed on Internal Security Operations at Omotosho military check point along Benin – Ore express road intercepted 2 vehicles with 82 bags of substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) heading towards Lagos”.
He said “the vehicles include an ash coloured Toyota Sequoia with Registration number APP-918-FA and Green coloured Sequoia with Registration number FST 169-BW and were abandoned by the Drug peddlers’ on sighting troops and absconded into the nearby bush”.
Speaking after receiving the 132 bags of Cannabis Sativa the Deputy Commander NARCOTICS, of the Ondo State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ibrahim Adamu, thanked the army for the operations while seeking for more synergy between the NDLEA and the military as a whole.
Ibrahim noted that further investigations and necessary actions will be carried on the Suspects.
Meanwhile, the suspects said they were lured into the business.
One of them, Stephen Sunday who explained that he is from Olamaboro local Government Area of Kogi State said “we got the marijuana from a farm road in Owo local government area of Ondo State and those who sold it to us covered their tracks, so no one could trace them.
“I got the vehicle we used in conveying the Cannabis sativa on high purchase for commercial purpose but I was lured into this buisness”.
