The Police in Ogun State while carrying out raids on criminal hideouts and black spots across the state have arrested four persons with a deep freezer loaded with weeds suspected to be marijuana.
The raiding of black spots across the state is in furtherance of total clampdown on hoodlums perpetrating violent crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and the likes, following which a special operation outfit, code named: “OPERATION PUFF ADDER,” was recently launched by the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, in compliance with the directive of Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
The four suspects: Opeyemi Wahab, a 22-year-old female; Kabirat Ahmed, 21-year-old female; Yusuf Rasaki, 20-year-old male: and Saheed Mustapha, 32-year-old male, were all arrested at Iperin black spots in Agbara area on Saturday during the raiding of the area by 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 sale of soft drinks, but when it was opened, it was loaded with weeds suspected to be marijuana hence they were promptly apprehended.
On interrogation, they confessed being the major distributor of the substance in Agbara area and that they always use the freezer to distribute it around so as to deceive the security agents and prevent them from arrest.
Meanwhile, Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Separtment for discreet investigation.
He also warned that sale of illicit drugs, which said is a catalyst for crime commission, will not be tolerated in the state any longer.