Operatives attached to the Police Border Patrol in Ogun State Thursday
arrested a 35-year-old man with 62 parcels of Marijuana.
Olamilekan Taiwo was said to have compressed the parcels such that each
weighing 10kg, which he was allegedly smuggling out of the country.
He was said to have concealed the illegal drugs in bags of clothes to
deceive security agents, but was apprehended when policemen insisted on
searching his luggage.
According to a source, the suspect was taken to the police station, where he
confessed to have smuggled several kilograms using the same method.
“He claimed to be running errand for the big boys. He also confessed that he
has contacts within and outside the country. At first he claimed it was clothes
he was selling that were in the bags but our men insisted on searching and it
was discovered that over 90 percent of the contacts were Indian hemp.
“It is no longer business as usual on our borders because the Inspector
General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris has redeployed newly trained officers to
assist other agencies.
“These special officers were sent to United Kingdom (UK) and United
States (U.S.) to learn how best to protect our borders from criminal
activities. Criminals are warned to seek other alternatives as any attempt to
take advantage of our borders would not be tolerated,” said the source.
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