The police van Operatives of the Nigeria Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday intercepted a suspected police van loaded with over 700 tonnes of India hemp worth millions of naira in Kano.
The state command of the agency, commander of the NDLEA in Kano, Hamza Umar, revealed that two suspects, including the driver were also arrested in police uniforms.
According to Hamza, the suspects were caught in a brand new Toyota Hilux masked with security siren and a private plate number, Pilot 1. Hamza hinted that the vehicle, which originated from Esuba, Edo State, was heading to Gezuwa in Yobe State.
After thorough investigation, the suspects according to NDLEA boss were discovered to have impersonated the police force to scale through security search. One of the suspects confessed that he got the police uniform from a serving police officer in Port Harcourt. .
“We use to carry the Indian helm once every month from Edo to Yobe. The last trip I went, they paid me N150,000 and this tour I was promised to paid N200,000,” he confessed.
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