Police have arrested two major drug dealers of Indian hemp in Ganye local government area of Adamawa state.
The police said the suspects, Ibrahim Audu, 31 and Alkasim Musa, 32 were arrested while trying to smuggle a large cache of cannabis through the Kiri border into Adamawa state.
Spokesperson of the Adamawa state police command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, August 18, said the suspects who both reside in Ganye town were arrested by the Divisional police officer (DPO) Toungo.
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“Both dealers were caught smuggling large cache of cannabis into the state through Dakalaji, Taraba border, Kiri District on 16/8/2021, thereby denying them their target consumers that are mostly into violent crimes,” he stated.
The PPRO also disclosed that the Adamawa state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Adamu Alhaji is not backing down on his fight against crimes in the state.
He revealed that the commissioner has set up a special security action plan that will conquer the ongoing fight against banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes across the border areas.
He said the new special operation strategy which will be intelligence-led and community-driven, will be executed in sustained collaboration with the Security agencies, vigilantes and hunters in the state.
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