Osun Police arrest three suspected drug traffickers

The Osun State Police Command has arrested 3 antheral suspects and recovered 5 bags of weeds suspected to beryllium Indian hemp concealed wrong an abandoned Toyota Sienna Space Bus on the Moro–Ife Road successful Ife North Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects were arrested connected August 30, 2026, astatine astir 1:30pm by operatives of the Violence Crime Response Unit, VCRU, Team E, during a regular patrol on the road.

According to a connection by the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, issued by the Clmmand spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, “the operatives discovered a silver-coloured Toyota Sienna Space Bus with registration fig BGT 81 OLG, which had reportedly breached down and been abandoned by the roadside.”

The bid said the officers became suspicious and inspected the conveyance earlier Awo Omotayo, aged 38 years, who identified himself arsenic its driver, arrived with a reddish Nissan Cabstar, registration fig EPE 299 YJ, to tow the Sienna.

He was accompanied by Abayomi Suleiman, aged 22 years, who was driving the Cabstar, and Oluwatayo Samuel, the constabulary said.

“A hunt was conducted by operatives connected the said Sienna Space Bus, during which immoderate bags of weeds suspected to beryllium Indian hemp were discovered wrong the vehicle,” the constabulary said.

The bid added that the 3 suspects were instantly arrested, portion the suspected illic...