August 08, (THEWILL) – Police have arrested a 44-year-old woman for allegedly using her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier.
Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect (name withheld), was arrested last Wednesday after her niece was found roaming the streets.
Parading the suspect before journalists at the Lagos police command’s headquarters, Ikeja, on Tuesday, Hundeyin, said the 10-year-old cousin was brought to the Pen Cinema Police Division in Agege; adding that the divisional police officer consequently directed that the girl should bathe, while the police would look for her parents.
Hundeyin said while the girl was trying to bathe, the police discovered a substance suspected to be Colorado, which was planted in her panties.
“The discovery prompted further questions, which revealed that this had been going on for a long time; so, we had to extend the investigation to her house, and we were able to bring her guardian (the suspect) to the police station.
“She did not deny it. She admitted that this had been her way to courier drugs from her house to the shop where she sells them, to beat police checks. That is why we are exposing her to Nigerians”, he said, adding that the girl would be handed over to her family, while the suspect would be prosecuted.
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