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  • Crime - Niger
  • Updated: November 14, 2022

Niger Police Command Arrests Suspect With Local Gun, Drugs

Niger Police Command Arrests Suspect With Local Gun, Drugs

The Niger State Police Command has disclosed the arrest of a suspect over the allegation of unlawful possession of Indian hemp, other hard drugs, and recovery of a locally made gun.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, stated this in a press statement issued on Monday in Minna, adding that the incident which  occurred on November 1, 2022 at about 12:00 hrs followed a tip-off by a concerned citizen.

“Police Operatives attached to Bangi Division raided a shop of one Chinedu Makata aged 34yrs ‘m’ of Enugu State who is resident of Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area of the State.

“During the raid, forty-seven (47) wraps of suspected Indian-hemp and some other suspected hard drugs were recovered from the shop.”

It stated further that in the process of effecting the arrest of the said shop owner, he was said to have pulled out a locally made gun and allegedly threatened to shoot the Police Operatives.

The suspect was however said to have been disarmed and arrested by the Police team, stressing that the suspect has been arraigned in court for prosecution.

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