It was end of the road for a dismissed soldier and his accomplice after operatives of the Lagos State police command apprehended two of them for transporting about 1,200kg of cannabis and other hard drugs. An eyewitness disclosed that the suspects initially stopped by the task force team for plying BRT corridor tried to gratify the policemen, but the operatives rejected their offer. “Trouble started when they failed to properly identify themselves as they had earlier claimed during initial interrogation. So, acting with on-the-spot intelligence, the task force team further searched them and discovered they were carrying banned substances, which led to their arrest,” he said. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who confirmed the arrest, noted that the suspects are in their custody.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2020 03:45 UTC