NDLEA arrests 80-year-old grandpa with drugs

An 80-year-old grandfather, Aremu Shojobi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 14 kilogrammes of cannabis

NDLEA arrests 80-year-old grandpa with drugs

According to the agency, Shojobi confessed to selling illicit drugs for the past 25 years.

A statement on Sunday from the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that the suspect obtained the drugs from Benin Republic.

Babafemi said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Strategic Command of the agency arrested an 80-year-old grandfather, Pa Aremu Shojobi, with 14 kilograms of cannabis at his home in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state on Friday, 20th September.

In his statement, the octogenarian claimed he had been in the business of selling illicit drugs for 25 years.

He further claimed he sourced his supplies from Benin Republic and sold to his customers from his residence between 7 am and 10 pm every day.”

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