Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Katsina State have arrested a a girl, Zakiya Abdukarim, with illicit drugs stocked in her brassiere and other parts of her body.
The Katsina State Commander, NDLEA, Mrs. Maryam Sani, who confirmed the arrest of the 19-year-old girl to journalists yesterday, said she was arrested in Sokoto Rima River Basin area of the state with the drugs meant for sale to her clients.
Sani added that the girl ran away from her village to stay with her boyfriend under the pretense that her step-father and mother wanted to give her out in marriage without her consent.
The NDLEA boss gave the quantity of illicit drugs found in possession of the teenage girl to be 14.4grams of Tramadol, 14.8grams of Exol-5 and 2.4grams of D5.
Interacting with the teenage girl, she said her boyfriend, Abdulsalam, asked her to keep the drugs in her possession that he forgot something at home and he needed to pick it up.
“The drugs are for my boyfriend, Abdulsalam. I met him around the motor park here in Katsina where he sells the drugs.
“I am from Tantagaria village on your way to Bakiya. I sell rice and beans.
“On that day, he (my boyfriend) told me to keep the drugs that he forgot something that he needed to pick up at home. He fled the house after I was arrested. They found three drugs with me. I don’t know the names of the drugs. I don’t take it,” the teenage girl, Zakiya Abdulkarim stated. - Daily Post
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