Police apprehend suspected drug dealer, recover India hemp in Delta

By Sunday Onye, senior correspondent

Nigerian Police Force, Delta State command has nabbed a suspected drug dealer and recovered a substance suspected to be Indian hemp.

This is according to a statement by the state police Command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe on Tuesday.

The statement added, “On 12/8/2023, at about 1800hrs acting on an actionable intelligence gathered on a notorious black spot in Otu Jeremi in Ughelli South LGA that majorly deals on sales and distribution of illicit drugs, and weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp.

“On the strength of the information, detectives of the CP monitoring unit stormed the black spot where two suspects namely Matthew Richard ‘m’ aged 32yrs, and Sampson Mashama ‘m’ aged 37yrs both from Otu-Jeremi were arrested, and several packs and wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp were recovered. The investigation is ongoing,” he said.