TWO ARRESTED IN LAGOS FOR PEDDLING ILLICIT DRUGS IN TRAFFIC
On Wednesday afternoon, operatives of the Lagos State security outfit; Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on patrol Gbagada – Oshodi Expressway arrested a hard drug vendor, Victor Aghalise (27) while peddling to motorists a substance suspected to be ‘Arizona’.
Retrieved from his bag were 93 wraps of ‘Arizona’.
Further investigations by the police led to the arrest of one Ifeanyi Erem (60) who has confessed to have been supplying the substance to Aghalise to sell around the Ilupeju end of the Gbagada – Oshodi Expressway.
Recovered from Erem’s pockets were seven wraps of ‘Arizona’.
Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi while directing that the suspects be charged to court immediately, warned hard drug peddlers and motorists patronizing them that they would be prosecuted once they are arrested in any part of the state.
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