No fewer than 18 suspected drug addicts who’re between the ages of 17 and 39 have been on Wednesday paraded by the Edo State Police Command.
reporter reviews that State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adeboye, who paraded the suspects mentioned they have been arrested on February 27, at a drug hideout in Benin Metropolis.
Adeboye, mentioned they have been arrested by the surveillance unit of the command throughout a raid on their hideout following a reputable
intelligence.
He mentioned substance suspected to be Indian hemp was recovered from the suspects comprising 12 males and 6 females.
In keeping with him, the police obtain data {that a} explicit home situated in Ogbelaka Road has turn out to be a den for legal parts, illicit drug arms and ammunition.
“The suspects additionally used the place to make all the mandatory plans earlier than the perpetration of crimes inside Benin metropolis.
“The police stormed the place and arrested the 18 individuals together with 12 males and 6 females between the age of 17 and 39 years. Substance suspected to be Indian hemp was recovered from them.
“The suspects have been dropped at the command for profiling, interrogation and investigation”, he mentioned.
Adeboye, who known as on the individuals to not harbour drug customers however report back to the suitable quarters, added that the police are on the path of medication supplier who’re promoting medicine to youths within the state.
He, nonetheless, alleged that the impact of their medicine consumption is telling on the suspects as a few of them are not helpful to the society
The commissioner, mentioned the suspects could be handed over to police medical medical doctors for rehabilitation, whereas these whose situation are above the hospital could be despatched to the suitable place they have to be for remedy.
