Four Suspects Arrested With Freezer Loaded With Indian Hemp

LUCKY LAWAL

Four suspected Indian hemp sellers have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.

The suspects were arrested during the raid carried out on criminal hideouts and black spots across the state. The most surprising thing was that they disguised with a deep freezer loaded with weeds suspected to be Indian hemp while pretending to be selling drinks and water.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the raiding of all black spots across the state is in furtherance of total clampdown on hoodlums perpetrating violence crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and the likes following which a special operation outfit code named “Operation Puff Adder” which was launched recently by the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, in compliance with the directive of Inspector General of Police.

The 4 suspects arrested were 22-year old Opeyemi Wahab , 21-year old Kabirat Ahmed , 20-year old Yusuf Rasaki and 32-year old Saheed Mustapha.

They were all arrested at Iperin black spots in Agbara area on Saturday 27th April, 2019, during the raiding of the area by a team of policemen led by the DPO, SP Adegbite Omotayo.

The suspects were caught with the deep freezer which they pretended to be using for sales of soft drinks. When it was opened, behold, it was loaded with weeds suspected to be Indian hemp hence they were promptly apprehended.

On interrogation, they confessed being the major distributors of the substance in Agbara area and that they always used the freezer to distribute it around so as to deceive the security agents and prevent them from arrest.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation. He also warned that sale of illicit drugs which is a catalyst for crime commission will not be tolerated in the state any longer.