Two persons, who reported a suspected female drug trafficker to the police in Kano State, have been arrested for taking part in the trafficking of cocaine to Saudi Arabia.
The spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, said that upon investigation, it was discovered that the two men were part of a courier arrangement in which their wives were detailed to deliver some quantity of cocaine to a particular lady at a Saudi Arabia airport.
In a statement Kiyawa issued on Friday, August 11, in Kano, one Auwal Ishaq of Kawo Quarters and Idris Sani Suleiman of Medile Quarters Kano jointly reported the female suspect, Hajiya Sharifat Abdullahi of Kuregen Sani Hotoro, Kano, to the police.
According to the police, Hajiya Abdullahi contacted Ishaq earlier in June to allow his two wives to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj and contacted Suleiman for the same reason.
Kiyawa, in the statement, said Ishaq claimed to have paid N6 million on behalf of his two wives, while Suleiman also claimed to have paid N3 million for his wife to be part of the pilgrimage.
The police spokesman revealed that the three women headed for the pilgrimage on the understanding that they would assist in conveying some undisclosed substance, suspected to be cocaine, to Saudi Arabia.
He said that both complainants became worried when after the departure of their wives to the Holy Land, they lost contact with them, and all efforts to reach them proved abortive.
He added that this prompted them to lay complaints at the police command.
Kiyawa noted that:
“On August 11, Auwal came to the police with disturbing information he received through a phone call from one of his wives that after the Hajj, they were arrested by the Saudi Arabian authorities for offences bordering on drug trafficking.
He added that police investigation led to the arrest of the principal suspect, Abdullahi, who eventually confessed that the two complainants, Ishaq and Suleiman, were also part of the deal and were well aware that their wives would be used as drug couriers.
Meanwhile, the command has transferred the case to the state office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to complete the investigation.
