By Lekan Adejuwon
Joint operation of the Ekiti Police Command and Amotekun Corps have arrested five suspected indian hemp dealers.
The Police commissioner, Emmanuel Ogundare, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said the men of the police tactical team in conjunction with the Amotekun corps arrested one man identified as Monday.
The CP said Monday who was arrested along Uso Road, Ise-Ekiti during a stop and search operation had in possession one locally pistol and two live cartridge.
He stated, “During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he is an Indian hemp dealer who engages in the cultivation of the weeds at Ise-Ekiti forest and other nefarious activities.
“He mentioned four others – ThankGod, Lucky, Wisdom and Samuel – as his criminal allies and led the police team to their hideouts in Ise-Ekiti forest”.
The commissioner said that items recovered from them included “one locally made single barrel gun, four cartridges, a large number of seeds and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp”.
He said that the suspects arrested would be arraigned in court at the end of the investigation as he reiterated the command’s commitment to puncturing criminal activities which were mostly caused by heavy intake of narcotics and other illicit drugs
