A Beninese, Matthew Edegbe, and a Nigerian, Joshua Dansu, have been nabbed trying to smuggle into the country a truckload of substance suspected to be Marijuana.
They were arrested during a stop-and-search operation by troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army operating in 81 Division at Ajilete road in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this, added that the suspects conveyed the drug in a truck without a number plate.
Nwachukwu said the investigation revealed that the marijuana was from Ghana.
He said the troops intercepted a suspected international drug syndicate smuggling a truckload of substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) en route Sango Otta in Ogun State.
“Responding to actionable intelligence, troops conducted stop and search operations along Ajilete Road in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, during which they intercepted and impounded the suspected truck without Registration number, loaded with 397 wraps of substance suspected to be marijuana.
“In the preliminary investigations that followed, it was revealed that the illicit substance concealed in the truck was transported from Ghana through the Benin Republic via Igholo-Idiroko en route Sango Otta.
