The
Lagos State Task force on Environment al and Special Offenses
(Enforcement) Unit has arrested 13 suspected hard drug peddlers in the
Lekki area of Lagos.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
suspects were nabbed after officials of the task force stormed their
hideout on Wole Olateru Street, Lekki Phase 1 on Tuesday.
Chairman of the task force, Bayo Sulaiman, a Chief Superintendent of Police, on Wednesday said the exercise was long overdue.
He added that the residents of the area
had written several complaints to the government on activities of the
arrested suspects and others at large.
He explained that as soon as the unit got
the complaint letters, it took its time in investigating the case
before swinging into action on Tuesday.
He added that the task force would
continue to raid other black spots and would not stop until drug
peddling was wiped out from the state.
Sulaiman said the suspects would be charged to court, adding that the law must take its course.
He said, “We are going to charge them to
court. This is a warning to others that the Lekki area and indeed the
entire Lagos State will not welcome drug peddling.
“Drug peddlers must stay away from this state.
“Hard drugs consumption makes people to get high, which often lead to cases of stabbing, killing and other vices.”
He said hard drugs recovered at the scene
included cannabis and some routine drugs used for treating common
cold,ý but which could be mixed together to get high.
Sulaiman added that some charms were also recovered by the taskforce during the raid.
One of the suspects, Buhari Muhammed, told PUNCH Metro that he had been in the business for about two years and had made lots of money.
“I make thousands of naira every day from
this business. Many people ─ both men and women ─ come here to buy
drugs; some come with big cars to my place to buy drugs.
PUNCH
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