Police arrest man with 20 bags of Indian hemp in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it has arrested a 20-year-old man, Abubakar ishiaku, in possession of 20 bags of substance suspected to be Indian hemp.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, who disclosed this in a statement Saturday, said the suspect evaded arrest by police operatives after he saw them during an intelligence search.
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According to him, men of the Nigerian Police were on an intelligence lead stop and search on the 12th of July, 2022 but the suspect evaded arrest on sighting them.
Sunday added that the suspect, who is an indigene of Katsina State, was then rearrested on July 14 following diligent investigation.
“The suspect who took to his heels upon sighting the policemen on duty on the said date was re-arrested on the 14th July 2022 following painstaking investigation while 20 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered,” the statement said.
The CP added that the suspect will be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for prosecution.
He said the police is collaborating with the NDLEA in apprehending drug dealers.
“In the light of the above, the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday, wishes to reassure residents of the Command’s unflinching commitment to bringing crime and criminality to the barest minimum in the Territory and while at that, the abuse of drugs and others substances is a major root entrenched in the perpetration of most crime and criminality, hence, the Command will not relent in taking the fight against drug and substance abuse to its core and rooting it out while working in synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).”
