Cripple, blind man allegedly arrested with Cannabis in
Cross River
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A cripple, Gabriel
Aniefiok, a.k.a Kuli Kuli has been arrested in Biase local government area of
Cross River State with dried weed suspected to be Cannabis.
The substance weighed
9.8kg.
Also, a blind man,
Effanga Offiong Ekeng 45 from Eto Mkpe village in Akpabuyo local government
area of Cross River State was also arrested with dried weed suspected to be
cannabis.
Disclosing this in a
statement in Calabar, the Public Relations Officer of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Cross River Command, Mr. Odili Kenneth said the
NDLEA was worried over the choice of using the pphysically challenged persons
to perpetuate crime.
He said, “the physically
challenged people and the aged have become attractive for use for drug business
in the state.
“This is as a result of
sentiment attached to them and to evade enforcement duty.”
He advised parents not
to allow their wards fall prey to the wicked hand of drug peddlers.
He warned the physically
challenged persons to desist from the nefarious act, “as deformity cannot be an
excuse to indulge in criminality.”
Also, Kenneth said that
another suspect, one Effiong Joseph, a 70-year-old man who has allegedly been
in the business of sales of cannabis for years, was arrested at his residence
at Ikot Ansa, Calabar for being in possession of 1.83kg of weed suspected to be
cannabis.
The Command, he noted
arrested also arrested two suspects who allegedly specialized in spiking
meat-pie, Doughnut and puff-puff with Cannabis sativa in Calabar, the state
capital.
The suspects – Christian
Chindu Joseph 37years (M) and Edet Bassey Edim 30 years (M) of No. 6 Akim Close
and 113 Akim road, Calabar respectively were said to have been arrested by the
NDLEA following a tip off.
Kenneth stated that,
Chinedu, the Master Baker, was working in a Fast Food Company in Port Harcourt,
Rivers before relocating to Calabar where he allegedly started lacing pastries
with cannabis sativa for his prospective customers for birthday and other
parties.
“Chinedu in a statement
before the Command further stated that Edet Bassey also in Custody supplied him
with the Cannabis which he used to spice the food,” he said.
The PRO said the Command
also made an arrest of crack cocaine gang transiting from Lagos to Calabar,
using one of the fleet operators in the form of courier consignment.
According to him “the
receiver, Diyaolu Oluwaseun Dare, Male, 27 years (a.k.a Taribo) who came to
claim the consignment was arrested with the parcel in the premises of the Fleet
Operator in Calabar.
“A follow-up operation
led to further apprehension of one of the accomplice, David Okla James, a
35-year-old male from Ugep.
“James was arrested with
1,764 pinches of substance suspected to be cocaine and 625 pinches of substance
suspected to be heroin at the Army junction, Calabar, where he was waiting to
take delivery of the crack cocaine from Taribo for onward transmission to his
supposedly alleged master in Ugep,” Kenneth added.
He assured that the
NDLEA drag net was still on with a view to tracking his boss, who is at large,
based on useful information supplied.