December 07, 2015 – Officers of the Lagos State crime fighting outfit, Rapid Response Squad has arrested four men with six bags of Indian hemp.
The leader of the RRS team, Adeniba Olorunshola told reporters that his team stormed one hideout notorious for the sale of Indian hemp in Oyingbo and arrested the suspects.
According to him, the team acted on a tip off after two weeks of surveillance adding that the six bags of Indian hemp were recovered inside the hideout which had underground escape tunnels.
He said that four suspected peddlers were apprehended but the main suspect, a man popularly known as “Aroso’’escaped during the raid by his men, adding that the suspects would be handed over to the NDLEA after investigations had been concluded.
Olorunshola said the manhunt for the drug kingpin, “Aroso’’ would continue. One of the suspect identified as Yakubu Mudashiru said was a Barber before he started selling Indian hemp due to financial hardship that made it impossible for him to set up his own barbing salon after apprenticeship.
