NDLEA arrest 90-year-old, teenagers over drug dealings

A90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for selling drugs to the youths in his Yarkadir village in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Under interrogation, the nonagenarian confessed he has been selling cannabis sativa to the youths in his community for eight years due to their demand for the illegal substance.

Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said yesterday in Abuja that though he (suspect) failed to disclose his source of supply, he however vowed that his arrest would make him to back out of the business having tried in the past to stop the illicit trade without success.

In the same vein, narcotic officers in the Ondo State Command of the agency arrested two teenage siblings along with other suspects for dealing in assorted illicit drugs in the state capital.

The teenagers - Onyema Sunday, 16, and his sister, Onyema Amaka, 15 - were arrested in Car Street area of Akure with 1.894kgs of Tramadol on July 5 while 23-year-old Kazeem Oluyede was nabbed in Eru Oba area of the capital city with 300grams of cannabis and 3grams of methamphetamine.

Also, a lady, Maryam Musa, 35, was arrested in Igbara-Oke, Ifedore local council area of the state with 5.5kgs of cannabis, all same day.