Three arrested in Katsina over alleged drug supply to terrorists

Troops of the Nigerian Army, moving with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, person arrested 3 suspected cause peddlers allegedly supplying illicit substances to terrorists and different transgression elements successful Katsina State.

A station shared connected X by information expert Zagazola Makama said the suspects were apprehended during a associated cognition carried retired astatine astir 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday in Kagara village, Kafur Local Government Area of the state.

Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the cognition was conducted by troops of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Malumfashi deployed astatine Kafur alongside unit of the NDLEA Area Command, Malumfashi.

According to the sources, the cognition targeted suspected cause organisation points successful the assemblage arsenic portion of efforts to disrupt the proviso of illicit substances to transgression groups operating successful the area.

The sources identified the suspects arsenic Mohammed Lawan, 34; Muhawiya Haruna, 40; and Junadata Usman, 40.

Items recovered from the suspects included substances suspected to beryllium cannabis sativa, quantities o...