The Ogun State Police Command has discovered a large expanse of land cultivated for marijuana, while seven suspects who were planting the seeds were apprehended.
In a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the police named the suspects as Nelson Enu, Patrick Emmanuel, Samuel.Paul, Ekioya Joe, Monday Okoro, Endurance Eliobe and Stanley Ogejiagba.
The command spokesperson said all the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence gathered by police officers at Isara divisional headquarters.
He said the suspects had cultivated a large expanse of land for the purpose of planting the contraband at Lokuta village in Remo North LGA of the state.
He added that intelligence revealed that the suspects were threatening the lives of the villagers for daring to disturb them while the planting was going on.
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The villagers were said to be oblivious of what was cultivated on the land initially, Mr Oyeyemi said.
Mr Oyeyemi in the statement said, “Upon the information, the DPO of Isara division, CSP Shobiyi Oluwatoshin, mobilised his men in conjunction with local vigilantes and moved to the scene where the seven suspects were arrested.
“Recovered from them were five bags of suspected Indian hemp seeds while two bags had already been planted.”
Mr Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police for Ogun, Lanre Bankole, ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.
Mr Bankole was quoted as saying that the suspects would be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for prosecution.