Man conceals 620kg of Indian hemp in cloth

A 35-year-old man has been arrested after policemen, attached to Border Patrol Unit, Ogun State, discovered 620kg of Indian Hemp concealed inside wands of clothes.

According to a police source, the suspect, Olamilekan Taiwo was allegedly taking the 62 compressed parcels of Indian hemp, weighing about 10 kg each, to Togo before his plan was thwarted.

When eagle eyed policemen saw Taiwo and flagged him down, he told policemen that he had a load of cloths for sale. Acting on instinct, the policemen embarked on a thorough search of the entire clothes and discovered that 90 percent of the folded packages were filled with wraps of Indian hemp.  

Taiwo was dragged to the nearest police station. When it dawned on him that the game was up, he owned up to his crime. He further admitted to have already moved several of such parcels across the border through Ogun State undetected.

He explained that he has contacts, both in and outside the country, who are contractors of the syndicate. He described himself as a mere errand boy.

A police source further said: “Investigation is ongoing, to arrest his accomplices, both in and outside the country. It’s no longer going to be business as usual on our borders. The Inspector-General-of-Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, had redeployed newly trained officers to assist other agencies to man the nation’s border. These special officers were sent to other developed countries like UK and US to under study how best to protect our borders from criminal activities. Criminals are warned to seek other alternatives as any attempt to take advantage of our borders will no longer be tolerated.”
It was gathered that the arrest of the suspect was led by a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mr. Victor Badeh.

Badeh said that arrest of Taiwo was one out of several results, expected in the forthcoming days.