Police arrest man with 114 bags of Indian hemp in Ogun

The Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police Force have arrested one Noah Olaore with one Hundred and fourteen bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

The suspect was arrested on the 29th of December 2017, in front of M.K.O Abiola Stadium Abeokuta.

In a release issued in Abeokuta by the Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the arrest of the suspect followed information received by men of Federal Anti Robbery Squad that some hoodlums who are specialized in importing hard drug from Benin Republic into Ogun State are on their way to Abeokuta.

“Upon the information, a team of FSARS operatives led by Inspector Adeyemi Akeem were detailed to go after the hoodlums and they accosted them in front of M.K.O Abiola Stadium where the suspect was arrested with the exhibits”.

“Further investigation led the Police to Igbo-Ora in Oyo State where more bags of the weeds were recovered which made the total bags of Indian hemp recovered to be One hundred and fourteen”.

“The Commissioner of Police Cp Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered a full scale investigation into the case with the view of arresting other members of the syndicate”, the release stated.

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta