3 Drug Dealers Arrested For Allegedly Selling & Smoking Hard Drugs On Lagos Street

KINGSLEY EBERE 

Police operatives from the Tactical team of the Lagos State Command have arrested three suspected drug dealers for allegedly selling and smoking hard drugs on Lagos street. 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects,  Biola Adeseun, 45, Idowu Shonekon,30 and Hassan Rasheed,50, were arrested at Apple Junction area of FESTAC town, Lagos, with over 130 packs of Indian Hemp / Canadian Loud, which they were selling as well as smoking before they were apprehended and detained at the station.

According to the Police,  based on the intelligence information gathered over the activities of drug dealers at the Junction, the Police stormed the place and arrested the suspects while others managed to escape.

They were interrogated and found culpable, with some hard drugs recovered from them as Exhibits. They were consequently charged before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence which attracts several years of imprisonment.

The charges read:

“That you, Biola Adeseun, m’ Idowu Shonekon ‘m’, Hassan Rasheed m’ others at large on the 2nd day of October, 2025, at about 2030hrs at Apple Junction area of FESTAC town, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: unlawful possession of One Hundred and Thirty (130) packs of Indian Hemp / Canadian Loud and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

COUNT II: “That you, Biola Adeseun ‘m’, Idowu Shonekon ‘m’, Hassan Rasheed ‘m’ others at large on the same date, time and place in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did have under your control and possession One Hundred and Thirty (130) packs of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp / Canadian Loud and when accosted by the Police you were unable to give satisfactory accounts of how you came in possession of the aforesaid substance and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 329 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

COUNT III:”That you, Biola Adeseun ‘m’, Idowu Shonekon ‘m’, Hassan Rasheed ‘m’ others at large on the same date, time and place in he aforesaid Magisterial District, did sell / smoke substance suspected to Indian Hemp / Canadian Loud by polluting the atmosphere and making environment and the community harmful for a healthy living for the people in the vicinity / environment and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 166(a)(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”

COUNT IV:” That you, Biola Adeseun ‘m’, Idowu Shonekon ‘m’, Hassan Rasheed ‘m’ others at large on the same date, time and place in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach peace by selling / smoking substance to be Indian Hemp / Canadian Loud an thereby committed and offence punishable under Section 168(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”

However, they pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, Supol Josephine Ihkayere, then asked the Court to give a date for hearing since they pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that they actually committed the alleged offence.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi, granted them bail with sureties, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment while addresses will be verified by the Court.

The matter was adjourned for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when they will perfect their bail conditions.