A 25-year-old drug suspect, Musa Usman has been arrested for stabbing a officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Usman, was arrested alongside his accomplice, Buhari Ya’u Bashir, 24, during one of the agency’s operation in Rahama Round, Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State.

Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Kano State Command, Muhammad Maigatari, said the officials on the operation team seized various quantities of illicit substances from the suspects.

Some of the substances, Maigatari said include 1.1 kilograms (wraps) of cannabis sativa, 8 grams (38 tablets) of diazepam, and 59 grams (165 tablets) of Exol.

According to the statement, Usman while attempting to resist arrest, attacked the officers on operation resulting to the stabbing of one of them.

Condemning the attack on the officer, Abubakar Ahmad, the NDLEA command in the state, said the agency would not relent in purging Kano of the use and trade of illicit substances.

He said, “Attacks on law enforcement officers in the line of duty will not deter us from carrying out our mandate to rid society of the scourge of drug abuse and trafficking.”

He also stated that the suspect are currently being held in custody and will facing prosecution by the NDLEA for drug-related offences and assault on an officer.