Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended three out of a four-man gang of blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano.
The fourth blind member of the syndicate was learnt to disappeared when the information of the operatives arresting others got to him by their informant.
According to Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson in a statement on Sunday, “the cat was let out following the arrest of a blind suspect, Adamu Hassan, 40, along Gwagwalada expressway Abuja with 12kgs of skunk on his way from Lagos to Kano on Saturday 28th October.”
Earlier investigation revealed that he was totally oblivious of the content of the bag handed to him to deliver in Kano.
“Follow up operations then led to the arrest of the leader of the gang, Bello Abubakar, 45, who is also blind who was the brain behind the formation of the operations”, he disclosed.
Bello who was said to be married with five children and has been living in Lagos for 30 years confessed to have started the illicit drug business five years ago when begging for alms was no more profitable for him.
He then revealed that another blind associate, Muktar Abubakar, 59, was in the deal and was immediately apprehended by the operatives.
Muktar was also known to have been living in Lagos for 40 years and married to three wives with 14 children.
Both Muktar Abubakar and Bello Abubakar are joint owners of the business, while the third suspect, Akilu Amadu, 25, also blind equally contributes money to the criminal trade and was indeed the one who delivered the consignment to Adamu at the motor park in Lagos to deliver in Kano.
Another blind suspect who is the expected receiver of the consignment in Kano, Mallam Aminu is currently at large.
