NDLEA impounds 3.1 tonnes of cannabis in Kogi
The Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confiscated 3.1 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa along the Okene-Lokoja Expressway.
“While an officer climbed into the truck to confirm the content, the driver revved the engine and drove away with the hapless officer still in the truck. Our team mobilised and pursued the truck. Unfortunately, both the driver and his co-passenger dumped the vehicle and escaped. “We have all the particulars of the vehicle that will enable us to track the driver and the owners of the drug. We have the vehicle number plate, a telephone and some other documents that were recovered from the truck which the team took to the office for proper and further investigations,” he said.
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