The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Katsina State Command, has arrested one Saifullahi Lawal with 230 parcels of Indian hemp.
The acting Controller of the NCS in Katsina, Mr Dalha Wada-Chedi, disclosed this on Wednesday while handing over the suspect and the exhibit to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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Mr Wada-Chedi, represented by the Deputy Controller (DC), Administration of the command, Baffa Dambam, said the suspect was arrested with the exhibit around Shargalle town on the Daura-Katsina Road in Mashi Local Government Area.
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Responding to questions, the suspect admitted it was his third time of conveying such an exhibit from Lagos to Katsina without knowing that it was Indian hemp.
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