Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have discovered a large expanse of land cultivated for planting of India hemp.
The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest of seven suspects cultivating the plantation.
According to Oyeyemi, the operation was carried out by the police on April 2, 2022.
He said Nelson Enu, Patrick Emmanuel, Samuel Paul, Ekioya Joe, Monday Okoro, Endurance Eliobe and Stanley Ogejiagba were all arrested following credible intelligence gathered by policemen at Isara Divisional Police Headquarters that the suspects have cultivated a large expanse of land for the purpose of planting the weeds at Lokuta village in Remo North Local Government Area of the state.
The intelligence further revealed that the suspects were threatening the life of the villagers who did not initially know what they wanted to use the cultivated land for, for daring to disturb them while the planting was going on.
Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, 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.
The Command’s Commissioner, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for possible prosecution.
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