Woman Arrested for Attempting to Smuggle Drugs into Kuje Prison

Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have apprehended a woman named Precious Yusuf for attempting to smuggle drugs into the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja.

The suspect, who disguised herself as a visitor to one of the inmates, was caught during a routine search by correctional service officials.

According to a statement released on Wednesday by Adamu Duza, the spokesperson for the FCT command of the service, the suspect had concealed the drugs in food packs.

Duza stated that the woman confessed to being sent to deliver the drugs to an inmate in the facility.

The statement read, “The Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command has apprehended a lady called Precious Yusuf trying to push in drugs to an inmate of the Medium Security Custodial Centre Kuje, Abuja.

“This occurred on Tuesday when the above-named lady came in the guise of a visitor to an inmate. During the usual routine search by officers of the Kuje Custodial Centre, items suspected to be Indian hemp and other dangerous drugs were concealed in food packs in a carton. The culprit confessed to having been sent to bring this to an inmate of the custodial centre.”

Duza mentioned that the controller warned others planning to commit similar crimes to desist.

“The Controller of Corrections, FCT Command, Ibrahim Usman, has since ordered that the suspect be handed over to the Nigerian Drug Law Agency for further investigation and prosecution.

“Usman cautioned and warned drug peddlers to desist from trying to smuggle illicit substances into the custodial centres under the guise of visits, as his officers and men are on alert to thwart such attempts,” he said.

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