Lagos woman uses 10-year-old niece as drug trafficker to fool Police

<p>The suspect said she used her niece to courier drug from her house to the shop she sells them.</p>, <span>The suspect was arrested after her niece was found roaming the streets (image used for illustration) Guardian</span>, <h2>The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 44-year-old woman, who allegedly used her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier.</h2>, <p>The command's spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen at the police command's headquarters in Ikeja.</p>, <p>Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested last Wednesday, after her niece was found roaming the streets and was brought to the Pen Cinema Police Division in Agege.</p>, <p>Hundeyin said that the divisional police officer consequently directed that the girl should bathe, while the police would look for her parents.</p>, <p>He said that while the girl was trying to bathe, the police discovered a substance suspected to be Cororado, which was planted in her panties.</p>, <p>"The discovery prompted further questions, which revealed that this has been going on for a long time; so, we had to extend investigation to her house, and we were able to bring her guardian (the suspect) to the police station.</p>, <p>"She did not deny it. She admitted that this had been her way to courier drug from her house to the shop she sells them, to beat police check.</p>, <p>"That is why we are exposing her to Nigerians," he said.</p>, <p>The image maker said that the girl would be handed over to her family, while the suspect would be prosecuted.</p>