A suspected fake security agent, Mr. Basiru Ibrahim, who specialised in trafficking illicit drugs from Benin Republic through Lagos State to Sokoto State, has been arrested with 280 kilogrammes of skunk and Diazepam in the North-west state.
The suspect was caught at about 8.30pm on April 3 conveying 140kg of skunk and another 140kg of Diazepam in his personal Peugeot 406 saloon car with registration number Lagos KSF 60 BE at Kingakwai checkpoint, Kamba, Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
According to the state Commander of the NDLEA, Peter Odaudu, the claim by the suspect who is 38-year-old to being a senior official of the Sokoto State Command of a law enforcement agency is still being investigated.