Commander Mohammed Bashir of the narcotics agency in Katsina State told newsmen that Rabi Musa, 45, had been arrested for possession of three kilograms of Indian hemp.
He alleged that Rabi was assisting her husband, now at large, to sell the illicit drug in connivance with her sister and brother-in-law.
He said that Zainab and her husband had been arrested for possessing a total of six kilograms of Indian hemp.
The police stated that Rabi's arrest had led to the arrests of the other two suspects, and it was only a matter of time before her fleeing husband would be brought in as well.
He assured that the three suspects who had already been arrested would be prosecuted.
He blamed the high rate of divorce in Katsina State on drug abuse and called on parents to take seriously their responsibility to ensure that a potential son-in-law is not abusing drugs.
Although he did not advocate that parents refuse to give their daughters in marriage unless the suitor had a good job and could afford the dowry, Dr. Abdul Kalam insisted they should ask for drug-free certificates from would-be sons-in law before doing so.
In response to journalists' questions, 45-year-old Rabi confessed that she had committed the crime but claimed that she was only following her husband's orders so he would continue seeing her as a loyal wife.
She begged for mercy and advised parents to be wary of suitors who ask for their daughters’ hands in marriage.
Bashir also told newsmen that the NDLEA arrested four other suspects in a vehicle with expired ammunition.
The assailants were later identified as car thieves who had robbed their victim while he was in his vehicle.
“A few days ago, three other suspects, artisans, were nabbed on the Kano-Katsina Highway with a car suspected to have been stolen in Jos,’’ Bashir said.
