Officials of the Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) have impounded a truck, attempting to smuggle in fake and substandard drugs worth N7 million into the drugs market in the state.
A statement by KAROTA spokesperson, Nabulisi Abubakar Kofar Na’isa, explained that the truck and its contraband have since been handed over to the state task force on drugs for further action.
It was gathered the owner of the prohibited items, on sighting KAROTA officials fled and abandoned the truck. He is still at large.
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Kofar Na’isa vowed that the agency “remains committed to its duty and would continue to partner, with sister agencies in the fight against drug abuse,which mostly contributed to reckless driving in the state.”
The KAROTA spokesman also reiterated the agency’s commitment to carry out their statutory duty of controlling traffic, compiling motorists to obey traffic rules and regulations in the state..
He urged the general public to continue to support and encourage the agency, alongside other sister agencies, toward the successful discharge of their duties.
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