The Village Head of Ruga in Shagari Local Government, Umar Mohammed has been arrested by the Sokoto State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for dealing in drugs illegally.
Sokoto State NDLEA Commander Adamu Iro, said Mohammed was arrested following intelligence-driven investigation by the command.
The Commander further said that the suspect, who is a traditional title holder has been on the suspects’ list of the command for a long period of time.
"Earlier, we arrested his wife in possession of large amount of illicit drugs, but we released her following an investigation that the items belonged to the husband. So, Alhamdulillah, on Monday, we have been able to nan him and we found 436.381 kg of Cannabis Sativa and 1 kg of Diazepam at his residence," Iro said.
The Commander added that the suspect had since admitted to the offence and informed the command of being in the business for a long period of time.
He said that the command would ensure proper, but speedy investigation on the matter in order to charge the suspect to court.
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