The state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, stated this while parading the suspect at the police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, yesterday, adding that 28 bags of Indian hemp were recovered .
Ikemefuna later handed over the suspect and the seized items to officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for further interrogation and prosecution.
He explained that 20 bags of Indian hemp were recovered in Makun area of Sagamu and eight others from Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of the state, during separate operations carried out by men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and Criminal Investigation Department, CID.
He, however, said the suspects that conveyed the weeds in Sagamu escaped from the scene, but, Akintoluwa was unlucky as he was arrested with the eight bags in a taxi with registration number Ogun XB 940 LAR.
Also speaking, the state NDLEA Commander, Bala Fagge, expressed satisfaction with the police for cooperating with his agency in the fight against narcotics and other illicit drug.
The NDLEA boss assured that Akintoluwa will be interrogated with a view to apprehending other suspect connected with the incident.
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