The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has apprehended Precious Yusuf for attempting to smùggle drúgs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, Abuja.
The Command Public Relations Officer, Mr Samson Duza, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Duza said the lady came into the Kuje custodial centre on Tuesday, July 9 disguised as a visitor to an inmate.
He said it was during the usual routine search by officers of the centre that items suspected to be Indian hémp, and other dangerous drúgs concealed in food packs in a carton were recovered.
“The culprit c0nfessed to having been sent to bring this to an inmate of the custodial centre,” he said.
Duza quoted the Controller, FCT Command, Ibrahim Usman as ordering that the suspect be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for further investigation and pr0secution.
Usman, however, warned drug peddlers to desist from trying to smuggle ill!cit substances into the custodial centres in the guise of visits’ saying that officers and men were on alert to deflate such pl0ts.
He called on the general public and well-meaning Nigerians to support the Service in its reformatory pursuit to keep society safe while assuring the public of safe cust0dy of those legally interned.
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