Lagos Task Force Arrest Hard Drugs Dealers Around Afrika Shrine

 

A suspected miscreant who was among 28 miscreants and 15 street traders arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Task Force has revealed how he made between N60,000 and N100,000 every week selling hard drugs in some areas in the state.

The task force arrested the 28 miscreants and 15 illegal street traders at various locations around Alausa and the African Shrine vicinity.

The suspected miscreant, Tunde Babalola, who was caught with a bag of substance suspected to be Indian hemp, also disclosed that he had been selling hard drugs for eight years.

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Babalola said that dealing in hard drugs is a lucrative business, saying he realised between N60,000 and N100,000 weekly from customers around Obalende, Akala, Mushin, Bariga and Ikeja.

Also, an arrested illegal trader, Mrs Abike Adeyemi, said that she pays N1,900 every week to a representative of Ikeja Local Government from the sales of ‘Skuchies’ and ‘Hot drinks’ around the ‘African Shrine.’

Chairman of the agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed on Sunday in Lagos
that the raid was due to the nefarious acts within the vicinity of the African Shrine which presented a negative image to tourists and residents of Lagos.

“Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, over the weekend, raided all streets within Central Business District including surroundings of the ‘African Shrine’, Alausa, Ikeja.

“The enforcement operations became imperative following complaints from members of the public about the activities of miscreants and environmental nuisance of illegal street traders around the Shrine,” he said.

According to the chairman, the night operation was carried out around African Shrine where sales of hard drugs like tramadol, codeine, skunk, Indian hemp, mixed liquor take place.

“These items are freely sold on the streets in defiance of security agencies and government authority,” he said.

Egbeyemi maintained that the enforcement operations would be a continuous exercise in line with the vision of the present administration to rid the state of street urchins and criminals.