By Paul Akalonu
Sector 2 Operation Hadin Kai troops in Yobe State have announced the interception of a big quantity of marijuana suspected to be heading for a terrorist enclave on the Nigeria-Niger border.
Brigadier General Umar Muazu, Chief of Staff to Sector 2 Commander Operation Hadin Kai, handed over the drug to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at its Damaturu headquarters yesterday.
According to Muazu, the courier abandoned the truck carrying the material and fled when he saw troops on patrol. He went on to say that the drugs were on their way to Tungus, a terrorist enclave on the Nigeria-Niger Republic border.
On behalf of the Agency, Peter Ogar, Yobe State Deputy Commandant of the NDLEA, complimented the military for the synergy they have developed with other security agencies in his remarks upon receipt of the exhibit.
He told media that the 98 packets of narcotics were worth more than N4 million and will be submitted for forensic testing.
