The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says a 35-year-old nursing mother has been arrested in Edo for allegedly attempting to smuggle cannabis to a suspect in police custody.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said the suspect identified as Mariam Dirisu was arrested at the Edo police command headquarters.
Babafemi said the cannabis was concealed inside a container for food meant for the suspect, who was identified as a relative of Dirisu.
“In a most audacious move, a nursing mother, 35-year-old Mariam Dirisu was arrested at the Edo state command headquarters of the Agency on Thursday, 21st October, while trying to smuggle drugs into the cell for a suspect in custody,” the statement reads.
“Officers on duty had, while searching the food brought by Mariam for her relative in custody, discovered two cups of ‘loud’ cannabis weighing 13grams buried inside the food (‘akpu’) meant for the suspect in custody.”