Friday 8th March 2013 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) command in Plateau State has announced, that it impounded a truck loaded with several kilogrammes of cannabis – up to 72kg.

The commandant of the agency, Dr. Ngozi Madubuike, told newsmen that the truck was loaded with approximately 400 bags of Dangote sugar from Lagos to Jos, but took in the cannabis at a location in Ogun State.

She confirmed that the NDLEA kept monitoring the movement of the truck right from the point it loaded the cannabis on Wednesday 6th March, until its arrival in Jos on Friday.

“We received the intelligence that the truck was en route and my men kept monitoring its movement. She was quoted as said “This is what most of these truck drivers usually do; they will go to a company and load goods, but along the way, they will add up some of these prohibited drugs which they consider an additional income”.

“What some of these truck drivers are ignorant of, is the fact there is a law prohibiting the use of vehicles in transporting prohibited drugs, so the driver and his conductor are considered accomplices,” Madubuike said.

Friday 8th March 2013 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) command in Plateau State has announced, that it impounded a truck loaded with several kilogrammes of cannabis – up to 72kg.

The commandant of the agency, Dr. Ngozi Madubuike, told newsmen that the truck was loaded with approximately 400 bags of Dangote sugar from Lagos to Jos, but took in the cannabis at a location in Ogun State.

She confirmed that the NDLEA kept monitoring the movement of the truck right from the point it loaded the cannabis on Wednesday 6th March, until its arrival in Jos on Friday.

“We received the intelligence that the truck was en route and my men kept monitoring its movement. She was quoted as said “This is what most of these truck drivers usually do; they will go to a company and load goods, but along the way, they will add up some of these prohibited drugs which they consider an additional income”.

“What some of these truck drivers are ignorant of, is the fact there is a law prohibiting the use of vehicles in transporting prohibited drugs, so the driver and his conductor are considered accomplices,” Madubuike said.

by Istifanus Bulus

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Up to 72kg of cannabis impounded in Jos