The Oti Regional Police Command has intercepted a truck carrying 4,000 parcels of suspected narcotics at Dambai.
According to a press release by the police on Wednesday, February 11, officers acting on intelligence stopped and searched a DAF long trailer with registration number GW 1943-09.
While the truck appeared empty, the search revealed secret compartments sealed with six metal plates.
The statement added that inside the hidden sections, police found thousands of compressed dried leaf parcels wrapped in yellow masking tape, suspected to be narcotics.
“The concealed compartments beneath the trailer were opened in the presence of suspect Amidu Jubril, aged 40. A search in the secret compartments led to the discovery of Four Thousand (4000) parcels of compressed dried leaf substances wrapped in a yellow masking tape suspected to be narcotics, carefully concealed within the compartments,” the statement said
The driver, Amidu Jubril, is in custody and assisting police with ongoing investigations.
The truck has been impounded, and all seized items retained as evidence.
