Police apprehend 3 suspects in Kano for trafficking cocaine to Saudi Arabia

In a statement Kiyawa presented 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.NYSC Portal 

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.JAMB Portal

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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.JAMB Result

He added that this prompted them to lay complaints at the police command.

“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.

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