Police Discover Cannabis Farm In Abuja, Arrest Suspected Owner
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Crime News
The Police have arrested a thirty-two-year-old man who farms
plants suspected to be Cannabis Sativa in the Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja.
A statement by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer,
Josephine Adeh, says the suspect, Thaddeus Joseph, was arrested by a team of
the Command attached to the Anti-Narcotics Section.
According to
her, the arrest was based on credible information that the suspect cultivates
a large farm of the prohibited plant at Godab Estate in the Life Camp Area of
the FCT.
Mrs Adeh, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said upon
the arrest, the suspect in a voluntary statement confessed to having been in
the practice for about two years.
She explained that the Command has perfected all arrangements to hand him over
to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further prosecution.
“While the suspect and exhibits are being transferred for onward
investigation/prosecution, the police investigation has been intensified to
track down the chain of supply and other criminal affiliations to this
suspected criminal enterprise,” Adeh said in the statement.
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