Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver, Amodu Agbaje and intercepted 10 bags of illicit drugs suspected to be Indian Hemp.
According to the police in a series of tweets on Sunday, the drugs, packed in 10 sacks, were being conveyed in a commercial bus with registration number LND 995 XT from Iddo to a destination in Mushin.
The police added that the bus was stopped by the Rapid Response Squad at Stadium Bus Stop, Surulere, during a routine patrol.
“Luck, however, ran out on the suspects when vigilant Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives on routine patrol stopped the bus at about 0400hrs on April 29, 2022 at Stadium Bus Stop, Surulere.”
The command said while two occupants of the vehicle escaped while the driver was arrested.
“The arrested driver claimed he was offered Twenty-Five Thousand Naira (N25,000) to convey the drugs with street value of Three Million Naira (N3,000,000).”
