Army troops intercept foreign suspect, recover illicit drugs destined for terrorists

Troops of Sector 3, Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, person intercepted a suspected overseas violent cause courier conveying a ample consignment of illicit drugs, alcoholic beverages and different prohibited substances.

The army, successful a connection posted connected X connected Friday, stated that the cognition occurred connected Thursday, noting that the items were believed to beryllium destined for violent elements operating wrong the Lake Chad Islands.

According to the army, the cognition was carried retired during intensive hunt operations on the Maiduguri–Monguno axis, wherever troops intercepted a suspicious conveyance travelling towards Kwatan Doron Baga successful Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. 

It reiterated that the suspect, Mrs Rachael Samuel, 48, a Chadian national, was arrested portion conveying the prohibited items, stating that preliminary findings bespeak that the recovered substances were being moved to locations wrong the Lake Chad Islands, an country known to harbour violent elements.

“Items recovered from the fishy see 7 compressed bundles of suspected Cannabis sativa weighing astir 30 kilogrammes, 2 10-litre containers of hydromercuric chloride, popularly known arsenic “Suck and Die,” 1 carton containing 48 bottles of adust gin, 61 bottles of herbal alcoholic beverages each with a marketplace thoroughfare worth astir moving into millions of Naira. 

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