By Folashade Alli
The Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested an HIV positive pregnant woman with 16 blocks of cannabis while the lady delivered a baby boy in custody.
The Area Controller of the command; Othman Abdul Saleh disclosed this to newsmen adding that the day the suspect was arrested was the same day she went into labour.
Othman said that when his officers noticed that the suspect was in some pains, she was taken to a nearby hospital where series of test were carried out confirming that she is HIV positive.
According to him, she was allowed to stabilise before she was handed to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Othman who refused to disclose the identity of the woman, however pointed out that the NDLEA will continue from where the Customs investigations stopped.