Metro/Crime
Ex-convict arrested in Osun over possession of hard drugs
For having narcotics in his possession, the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Osun State has arrested a 65-year-old ex-convict.
While confirming the incident, NDLEA Osun State Command spokesperson, Odigie Charles said in a statement on Monday in Osogbo that the man, Dauda Lamide was caught during a patrol in Iwo in possession of dried weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
_______The drug was packed inside two engine oil gallons.
The statement also revealed that Lamido was sentenced to three years imprisonment for the same offence in 2019.
______The statement read in part, “The Command operatives, while carrying out motorised patrol in Iwo on Saturday, 23rd March, 2024, intercepted one Dauda Lamidi, 65 years, with dried weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa inside two engine oil gallons which weighed 1.550 kg. Dauda, who is an ex-convict, was convicted for the same offence in 2019 for three years.”
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