Police Arrest Syndicate for Selling Hard Drugs to Primary School Pupils

  

For selling hard drugs and other addictive substances to primary school pupils, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a two-man syndicate.

The duo, who specialises in patrolling schools in Itire and Ilasa areas looking for school kids to lure into the bad habit, were picked up by undercover operatives.

The suspect, 40-year-old Sheu Ibrahim and his 23-year-old son, Farouk, were said to have sold as much as six packs of Tramadol and other addictive substances before their operation was burst.

Preliminary investigations revealed that they usually lurked around schools, where the pupils approach them to get the substances.

But Ibrahim denied lurking around schools, insisting that only secondary school students come to his shop to buy two capsules of Tramadol.

He said: "I don't go to any school to sell my drugs. The children used to come to my shop to buy Tramadol. I sell two capsules for N30 to them.

"I sell about six sachets everyday. I only sell to those in secondary schools. Primary school children used to come but I don't sell to them."

Parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said they were arrested after officials of the state Ministry of Women Affairs got information that some primary and secondary school pupils indulged in hard drugs in the area.

Edgal advised parents to be very vigilant and carry out surprise checks on their wards in school.

In another development, the CP also paraded 23-year-old Olaniyi Oluwatimilehin, who allegedly stole an Iphone 8 and N230,000 at a shop and a mentally unstable man, Johnson Oyahere, 35, found with a toy gun under Eko Bridge.

Oluwatimilehin, a Gateway Polytechnic student, committed the alleged offence on February 16 at about 10:20a.m, at 13, Aina Street, Ikeja.

According to the police, he was captured by a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) and the footage was posted on the internet.

Edgal said: "The technical crew of the command, RRS, travelled to Wasimi in Ogun State, where the suspect was located and arrested him. The stolen phone with his SIM card already inserted was recovered from him.

"Upon careful examination of the phone, it was discovered that the suspect was discussing the possibility of escaping out of the country with one of his friends."

For Oyahere, Edgal said RRS operatives posted on the bridge went after the man, adding that he became disorganised when he sighted the police.

"The officers noticed he was trying to hide an object in his trousers’ pocket. Before you could say jack, he began to walk away pretending to be mentally unstable.

"The team arrested and searched him and a black plastic toy pistol, which is a perfect prototype of Berretta pistol, was found and recovered from him.

"The public should be vigilant because not all persons who appear to be mad may be actually mad," he stated.