The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it apprehended a 65-year-old man, Dauda Lamidi, for alleged possession of Indian hemp.
This was disclosed in a statement on Monday.
The suspect was arrested along the Ibadan-Iwo expressway by anti-narcotics agents, said the NDLEA command in Osun.
statement said the suspect had some dried substance, suspected to be hemp, stored inside a two-litre gallon of engine oil.
It added that the substance weighed about 1.550kg.
According to NDLEA Osun command, the suspect is an ex-convict who was convicted of the same offence in 2019 and jailed for three years.
NAN