The Anambra State Police Command has arrested six suspects, including a female drug dealer, after bursting a drug trafficking network in Isuaniocha, Awka North Local Government Area of the state.
The Command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this yesterday, said the suspects were apprehended during a raid by operatives in the area.
He said a large quantity of dried leaves suspected to be hard drugs and other incriminating hard substances were recovered during the operation.
He added that all the suspects would be transferred to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Awka for further necessary action.
He said: “Police Operatives attached to the Special Cultism Squad, Obosi Sector in the early hours of 30th May, 2025, while acting on credible information, burst into a drug trafficking network.
“During the raid, six suspects, including a female drug dealer, were arrested and a large quantity of dried leaves suspected to be hard drugs and other incriminating hard substances were recovered in Isuaniocha, Awka North Local Government Area.
“The suspects include Chinyere Onwuka ‘F’ aged 32 years, John Kennedy Onwuka ‘M’ aged 36 years, Chidiebere Onyeze aged 30 years, Echeazu Nonso ‘M’ aged 35 years, Osita Chukwu Chialuka ‘M’ aged 21 years and Nnebedum Wisdom ‘M’ aged 25 years.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu frowned at the relative rise in drug consumption by the teeming youths and noted that drugs are the oxygen that drive most crimes and bad behaviour exhibited by individuals.
“He expressed willingness to step up advocacy against illicit drugs through a Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), a programme targeted at sensitising the youth on the dangers of drugs and other vices in the state.”
