The Ogun State Police Command has discovered a vast plot of land that has been cultivated for the planting of India hemp.
Seven suspects were also apprehended by the operatives after they were allegedly seen planting the weeds.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday.
Nelson Enu, Patrick Emmanuel, Samuel Paul, Ekioya Joe, Monday Okoro, Endurance Eliobe, and Stanley Ogejiagba were all detained, according to Oyeyemi.
The arrest was made as a result of credible intelligence acquired by police officers at the Isara Divisional Headquarters about the suspects’ activities, according to the PPRO.
The suspects were apprehended in Lokuta village in Remo North Local Government for cultivating a big plot of land for the purpose of planting Indian hemp, he claimed.
He said “The intelligence further revealed that the suspects were threatening the lives 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 DPO Isara Division, CSP Shobiyi Oluwatoshin, mobilised his men in conjunction with local vigilante and moved to the scene where the seven suspects were arrested.
“Recovered from them are five bags of suspected Indian hemp seeds while two bags had already been planted.”
According to Oyeyemi, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, ordered the suspects to be immediately transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
