The National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a policeman for supplying 59kg of tramadol,
a prohibited drug, to Boko Haram insurgents in Gwoza, Borno state.
Reuben Apeh, commander of the
agency in Yobe, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Damaturu, the
state capital, on Tuesday.
He said the policeman was
arrested alongside a “drug trafficker” on November 7. Apeh said the the suspect
has confessed to buying the substance from a customs officer in Lagos.
“He confessed hiring the
policeman to convey the drugs to Maiduguri before proceeding to Gwoza to supply
suspected terrorists,” he said.
“He claimed that the drugs were
part of consignments seized by the Nigerian Customs during its operations in
Lagos, and were sold to him at the cost of N6m, while the actual market value
was N24m.
“We are still working on him to
provide us with the details of the alleged Customs officer and another
accomplice he claimed was based in Ijora, Lagos.
“The drugs were transported from
Lagos to Jos, and handed over to the policeman for delivery to Maiduguri, where
he (trafficker ) will take it to suspected terrorists in Gwoza.”
In 2018, the United Nations
raised concerns over rising cases of drug abuse, including wrong Tramadol
usage.
The house of representatives had
proposed a fine of N2 million and a two-year jail term for organisations that
go against the ban on Tramadol and codeine in the country.
Individual offenders, according
to the proposal, will be liable to N500,000 fine and two years imprisonment or
both on conviction.
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