Nigeria: Health Official Nabbed With Bags of Indian Hemp in Ambulance

1 August 2008

MEN of the Delta State police command have arrested a staff of Ministry of Health Akwa-Ibom while allegedly conveying sixteen bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp concealed in an ambulance belonging to Akwa-Ibom state government on Benin/Asaba highway.

State police command's spokesman, Mr. Charles Muka, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who confirmed the arrest in Asaba yesterday said the incident occurred last Sunday.

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