Suspected dealer of fake drugs arrested in Kano

 

27-year-old notorious dealer of fake drugs, Chibezie Onocha, has been arrested by the police at Sabon Gari Quarters in Kano State.

The State Police Spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement said the suspect was arrested by a team of Operation Puff Adder while on intelligence-led surveillance patrol along IBB Road Kano.

Kiyawa said; “Suspected fake and intoxicating drugs were recovered from him include; (i) One Hundred (100) Packets of Rubber Solution, (ii) Five (5) Cartons of Buscomac Tablets, (iii) Three (3) Cartons of GVN Griseofulvin Tablets (iv) Two (2) Cartons of Healmoxy Capsules, all valued Two Million, Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira (2,560,000:00).

He said during the investigation, the suspect confessed that the drugs were fake and he transported them from Lagos to Kano, with the intent to take and sell them in the Niger Republic.

The Police spokesman said the State Commissioner of Police had directed a discreet investigation, after which the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.

MuchTalksBlog had reported that 33-year-old notorious drug dealer, Agbo Victor, was arrested with 250 parcels of Indian hemp in Kano state.