A 52 year-old man, Kareem Kudomi and his 21-year-old son, Sarafa Kudomi, were arrested with 6.4 kilogrammes of Indian hemp by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State command.
The corps also nabbed a 21-year-old man, Toheeb Azeez, for allegedly vandalising and stealing six water pumping machines.
According to a statement issued by the Head of Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the NSCDC, Mr Wale Folarin, the suspect and his son, who is an ND II student of Estate Management in one of the state-owned tertiary institutions, were arrested with a bag of 6.4 kilogrammes of Indian hemp in an uncompleted building along Iba road, Okuku.
Folarin said that two other suspects, identified as Peter Samson and Opeyemi, took to their heels on sighting the NSCDC officers, adding that investigations indicated that the suspects used to buy Indian hemp from a customer in Akure, Ondo State.
Speaking with journalists on the arrest, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Alhaji Tajudeen Ayobami Balogun, said that the suspects and the exhibit had been handed over to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for prosecution.
He explained that Azeez was apprehended while vandalising and stealing water pumping machines at the Federal Housing Estate situated along Gbongan-Ibadan road
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