Police arrest four in Delta, recover illicit drugs

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Buffalo Team successful collaboration with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Achalla Branch, person arrested 4 suspects and recovered substances suspected to beryllium illicit drugs successful ample quantities.

The suspects were arrested by the operatives during a “coordinated raid” astatine Hausa Market by the Customs Checkpoint on the Benin–Asaba Expressway connected April 5, 2026.

Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this successful a connection connected Monday.

The connection read, “On 05 April 2026 astatine astir 1709hrs, operatives of the Buffalo Team, Delta State Command, successful collaboration with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Achalla Branch, acting connected credible intelligence, carried retired a coordinated raid astatine Hausa Market by the Customs Checkpoint on the Benin–Asaba Expressway.”

“The cognition led to the apprehension of 4 (4) suspects namely: Yakubu Umar ‘M’, 19 years; Galiu Adamu ‘M’, 17 years; Nuhu Musa ‘M’, 16 years; and Zaraduwu Usman ‘M’, 21 years.

“Items recovered see ample quantities of suspected illicit dr...