A twenty-five year old soldier, Mohammed Kashim, has been arrested in Yobe State for being in possession of arms and some quantity of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as Indian hemp.

The soldier was apprehended by men of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, along Nguru Hadeja road.

The Assistant State Commander, Administration and Logistic, Mr. Julius Zer, who is also the Acting State Commander of the NDLEA in Yobe state, disclosed that the soldier was arrested with thirty rounds of live ammunitions, a magazine and one kilogram of cannabis sativa.

Mr. Zer informed that his men became suspicious of the trailer after strong smell of Indian hemp was oozing from the front seat of the trailer where the suspect and the driver were sitting and intensified search later led to the discovery of the exhibits belonging to the suspect, who was coming from Sallah celebration.