Officers of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 38-year-old man, Gafar Ademolake, for allegedly smuggling N10 million worth of Indian hemp into Nigeria from Ghana.

Newtelegraph reports that the suspect who claimed to be a graduate of International Relations, Unilag, said he took to the business when he couldn’t get employment after graduation.

According to him, after his graduation and NYSC, he stayed about three years at home doing nothing, before a friend, who was already into the business introduced him to it.

He said,

“After thinking about the business, I decided to try it. I first invested N200, 000 and made a whooping profit of N100, 000. In the past three years now, I have never looked back. I have made a lot of money.” 

Ademolake confessed that before his arrest, he had just invested N10 million and had already wired the money to the courier called Iya Ghana, living at Mile 2, area of Lagos.

The suspect said if he had gotten a job after graduation, he wouldn’t have started drug business.

He further disclosed that the huge profits from the drug business made it difficult for him to continue searching for a legitimate job.

He said,

“I regret my action. But I wanted to take my family away from poverty. That was why I decided to heed my friend’s advice and go into the drug business. I needed to survive. 

“Police tracked me through my phone after two drivers, who had gone to bring the Indian hemps for me from the warehouse were arrested by at the Ojueleba area. This is the first time I have been arrested since I joined the business.” 

When the suspect was asked what he did with the proceeds of the illicit business, he said,

“I have built two houses, and I have a car. I’m comfortable.”