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Illicit drugs: Police hand over 12 suspects to NDLEA in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has raided a criminal drugs camp at Umuokpala Village in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.

According to a statement bon Sunday, the command’s spokesperson SP Tochukwu Ikenga said 12 suspects were arrested for selling and taking hard drugs.

The statement said “Police Operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad Enugu-Ukwu in the early hours of the same date acting on credible information raided a criminal drugs camp at Umuokpala Village in Orumba North LGA, arrested 12 suspects selling and taking hard drugs, recovered some sizeable quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, illicit drugs and other implicating items.

“The suspects are: Ifeanyi Bernard, Emmanuel Ugwu, Thankgod Kelechi, Umeh Chidera, Aguiyi Onyeka, Onyeka Martin, Festus Ihezie, Chibundu Nicholas, Solomon Obiefule, Chibundu Daniel, Neke Shedrack and Nwazufu Kingsley all males and within the age bracket of 20 – 29 years.

“They have been handed over to Operatives of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for necessary action.”

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