20-year-old Charged For Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 20-year-old man, Buhari Lawal, with peddling 1.45kg of Cannabis Sativa (hemp).

Unemployed Lawal is charged before a Federal High Court in Lagos State. The one-count charge of drug trafficking is marked FHC/L/28c/2021. The prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that Lawal committed the offence on Jan. 16. Aernan submitted that Lawal was arrested at Alaba Suru in Lagos State, while dealing on hemp.