A 35-year-old nursing mother Mariam Drissu was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo state while trying to smuggle drugs into the cell for a suspect in custody.
Officers on duty, last Thursday, while searching the food brought by Mariam for her relation in custody discovered two cups of ‘Loud’ cannabis weighing 13grams buried inside the food (akpu) meant for the suspect in custody.
Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who said this on Sunday said that the agency intercepted over 2,060kgs of assorted drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and Rohypnol in operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and also in Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau and some courier companies.
