NDLEA arrests 2 cocaine peddlers in Borno IDPs camp.

 


The Commander of the  Borno Command, Mr Ona Ogilegwu, said in Maiduguri on Sunday that one the  suspects, a 48-year-old man, was arrested on Feb. 27 in the camp.  He said that other illicit substances, including cannabis sativa,  rophenol, and diazepam, were found on the drug peddler.  


He said: “The criminal disguised himself as an officer of NDLEA in the  IDPs camp in order to sell the illicit drugs.  “After surveillance by men of the command, we decided to buy the hard  drugs from him to confirm that he was selling the drugs.  “We apprehended him as he taught we were coming to buy in large  quantity.’’  

Ogilegwu said that the command also arrested a 32-year-old man, who was  similarly in possession of other hard drugs in the same IDPs camp.  “I dont know what is wrong with these people, but I will tell you that  the level of drug intake among men and women in IDPs camps is beyond  imagination.  “We have received several reports and we have sent our men to the 28  camps in the state to mop up all nefarious activities there,’’ said  Ogilegwu.