The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman named Taye Abass, who allegedly trafficked the hard drug Colorado using a minor as a courier to evade police checks.

The woman, who lives in Oko Oba, Lagos, reportedly confessed to the crime during a police parade on Tuesday.

She admitted that she used the girl to transport the drugs to her shop because no one would suspect a small child.

The incident has sparked concern over the safety of children and the need for more stringent measures to combat drug trafficking.

Taye Abass said,

“When I went to Ilorin, my mother asked me to bring her with me to Lagos about two months ago. I sell drinks. When she got to my place, feeding was hard. Where I usually take my drinks for sale, somebody then introduced me to Colorado that I should be selling it. He told me the police always arrested people selling it. So whenever I am taking the drinks for sale, I usually put it (the drug) in her underwear, and ask her to put it in the shop where I always collect it back from her.”

When the police questioned the woman, she pleaded for leniency, attributing her actions to hardship, and claimed that her accomplices had fled.

The underage girl, who was brought to the police station by the woman, admitted that the drug was found on her body when she tried to bathe.

This shocking incident highlights the dangers of drug trafficking and the role that poverty and desperation play in perpetuating the cycle of crime.

The girl said

“I told them it is my sister’s mum that put it on me. She started putting it on me when I came to her place.

“She used to sell it but I don’t know those that do come to buy it. She tells me she puts it on my body because the police can not search me,”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect was arrested through the collaborative efforts of the public and the police.

Hundeyin said, “This shows the success the collaboration with the public is yielding. The girl was found roaming the street and a good neighbor brought her to the station so she was taken to the station where she complained that she was being maltreated at home, and she ran away while running an errand. While she was being made to have her bath and change her clothes, it was discovered that the drug was hidden in her panties and that prompted further questions.”

“We extended the investigation to her home and we were able to bring her guardian to the station at the Pen Cinema Division. She did not deny it; she admitted that had been her way to courier the drugs from her home to her shops

“The girl will be handed over to her family and the suspect will be prosecuted accordingly,”.