NDLEA Arrests Indian Hemp Dealer’s Wife, As Huband Flees

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The Adamawa command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it had confiscated 200.7 kilogrammes of substance suspected to be Indian hemp in the state.

The Commander of the agency in the state, Mr Yakubu Kibo, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Yola on Wednesday.

He said that the prohibited drug was seized from one Alhaji Ali Lafiya, whose wife, Aisha, was arrested in his stead.

According to Kibo, the suspected drug baron had fled during the seizure at his residence in Anguwar Waji area of Lafia, Lamurde Local Government Area of the state.


“About 2 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, following an intelligence report, men of a Special Squad of the NDLEA stormed the house of one Alhaji Ali Lafiya at Anguwar Waji in Lafia town.

“A total of 200.7kg of substance believed to be Indian hemp was seized.

“Although the suspect was at large during the operation, his wife, Aisha Ali, 30 years old, was arrested,” Kibo said.

NAN