A police inspector, Bola Adigun, has been accused of being in possession of 49 bags of marijuana, and also obstructing officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) from performing their duties.
Adigun, who was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court, Lagos by NDLEA, is facing a three-count of conspiracy, drug trafficking and willfully obstructing security agents from carrying out their official duties.
NDLEA said that the accused committed the offences alongside one Vwoke David, who is still at large, on May 25.
According to the prosecutor, Mr Aliyu Abubakar, the accused had conspired with another man to transport 49 large bags containing weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa of about 2.34 kilogrammes on the Lagos-Badagry highway.
He said that the accused, who was armed with a Jericho pistol loaded with rounds of ammunition, willfully obstructed officers of the NDLEA from performing their duties.
This contravened the provisions of Sections 14(c), 19 and 49(B) of the NDLEA Act, Laws of the Federation, 2004.
The police inspector, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In her ruling, Justice Olatoregun, admitted the accused to a bail of N10 million with three sureties in like sum.
The judge said each of the sureties must be owners of landed property in Lagos with three years tax clearance.
She ordered that the accused should be remanded in prison pending when his bail condition would be met.
The judge thereafter adjourned the matter till June 27 for commencement of trial.
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