Lagos Police Arrest Two Suspected Drug Peddlers

Sunday Ehigiator

Operatives of the Area ‘E’ Police Command in Festac, Lagos State, have arrested two suspected drug peddlers at the Dantata area of Mile 2, Badagry Expressway of the state.

The police command also revealed that it recovered substance suspected to be Indian hemp and other illicit substances from them.

In a statement issued by the state police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the arrest was said to have been made on July 30, 2021, following a tip off by concerned members of the public.

He said: “The police had been intimated of the activities of the drug peddlers who were displaying drugs for sales with impunity around the area. The policemen, as a follow up to the tip off, raced to the scene where one Rabiu Mohammed was arrested.

“The suspect confessed that one Sanni Audu was the major dealer/supplier. The police went after Audu and arrested him with some quantities of substance suspected to be Indian hemp and other illicit substances.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, while reiterating his directive to officers and men of the command to go after criminals in the state, ordered that other members of the syndicate must be apprehended.

He further directed that the illegal items and illicit substances in the custody of the suspects and in any part of the state must be recovered in order to reduce the quantity of hard drugs in circulation.

The police boss equally directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Yaba, for proper investigation and possible prosecution.

He, therefore, reassured the public of adequate security of lives and property and sustainable fight against the menace of drug misuse and abuse in Lagos State.