A serving police officer attached to Yobe State has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for supplying about 59kg of prohibited Tramadol tablets to Boko Haram insurgents in Gwoza, Borno.
The NDLEA state commander, Reuben Apeh, told newsmen in Damaturu that the suspects were arrested on Nov. 7, News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The state NDLEA boss said the drug trafficker whose identity was not revealed, also confessed to buying the prohibited substance from an unnamed customs officer in Lagos.
“He confessed hiring the policeman to convey the drugs to Maiduguri before proceeding to Gwoza to supply suspected terrorists.
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“He claimed that the drugs were part of consignments seized by the Nigeria customs during its operations in Lagos, and were sold to him at the cost of N6 million, while the actual market value stands at N24 million.
“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,” Apeh said.
Apeh said the arrested police officer would be charged to court very soon.
He, however, appealed to other stakeholders and the public, to collaborate with the agency in curbing the menace of drug trafficking and consumption.
He commended NDLEA personnel for working assiduously well to stamp out harmful drugs from the society, adding “you have done the command and the agency proud”.
