NDLEA arraigns man arrested with cocaine, tramadol in Jos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one John Okoro with 108.4g of cocaine and 275.9g of tramadol in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

While giving evidence at the Federal High Court 1 on Monday, the exhibit officer of the agency in the state, Etsu Banshi Daniel, told the court how the agency used a United States (US) testing kit to detect the substances.

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Mr Daniel further told the court that having concluded the testing and weighing of the exhibits, the suspect made a confessional statement.

After accepting all the exhibits, the judge, Justice Musa Kurya, fixed Friday this week for judgement.