A 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling drugs to the youths in his Yarkadir village in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Speaking during interrogation, the nonagenarian who was full of regrets, confessed he has been selling cannabis Sativa to the youths in his community for eight years due to their demand for the illegal substance.
Though he failed to disclose his source of supply, he, however, vowed his arrest on Wednesday 7th July 2021 would now make him back out of the business haven tried in the past to stop the illicit trade without success.
Similarly, in Ondo state, following credible intelligence and surveillance, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday 7th July stormed the Ogbese market, in Akure North LGA, where Messrs Jalamia Ochonogor and Austin Uzoka were arrested with 63kilograms of cannabis.
Elsewhere in Bauchi state, at least seven persons have been arrested and 28.091kilograms of assorted drugs such as Diazepam, Exol-5, Rophynol, Tramadol, Codeine, and cannabis recovered from them.
