NDLEA arrests Madam Queen, popular drug baron in Sokoto and her 18 sales boys

NDLEA arrests Madam Queen, popular drug baron in Sokoto and her 18 sales boys

Madam Queen is said to have been on the watch list of the agency for over a decade.
   
   
   
       
       
           
               
                   

Madam Queen is said to have been on the watch list of the agency for over a decade.

               
           
               
                   

The Sokoto state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reportedly arrested a notorious female drug baron popularly known as Madam Queen and 18 others.

               
           
               
                   

The NDLEA said the drug lord was arrested after several failed attempts to nab her.

               
           
               
                   

Madam Queen is said to have been on the watch list of the agency for over a decade.

               
           
               
                   

While parading the suspect, the agency’s state Commander, Mr Yakubu Kido said Queen is a major dealer of Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp), in Sokoto State, adding that she was arrested with 18 boys, who were discovered to be her sales boys.

               
           
               
                   

Kido said the suspect was arrested at Raymond village in Dange Shuni Local Government Area of the state with  Pentazocine injection among others found in her possession.

               
           
               
                   

He said, ” Pentazocine injection is topping the chart as a class ‘A’ of prohibited and illegal drugs worldwide.”

               
           
               
                   

The NDLEA boss said that in February 2020, the agency seized 141.534kg worth of illegal drugs such as tramadol diazepam, pentazocine injection and 134.128kg of cannabis Sativa within the state.

               
           
               
                   

He added that “a popular hotel in the state capital was raided along some drugs black spots within he metropolis in the month of February.”

               
           
               
                   

He maintained that sanity had been restored to the hotel since the command’s frantic operational activities.

Source: NDLEA arrests Madam Queen, popular drug baron in Sokoto and her 18 sales boys

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