Police arrest two in Kogi, recover wraps of Indian hemp in vehicle

The Kogi State Police Command has arrested 2 suspects and recovered 339 wraps of suspected Indian hemp concealed successful a conveyance during a regular stop-and-search cognition successful the state.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Bello Kankarofi, disclosed this during a property briefing on Tuesday.

He said the cognition was carried retired connected May 9, 2026, astatine astir 2 p.m. by operatives of the Kabba Area Command during regular road checks.

According to him, officers stopped a Honda Pilot Jeep with registration fig LSD 456 GE and discovered the illicit substance aft a hunt of the vehicle.

The conveyance was driven by Chris Amos, 52, with Bilat Joseph arsenic a passenger. Both were instantly taken into custody for questioning.

Kankarofi said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly collected the consignment from Ado-Ekiti successful Ekiti State connected the acquisition of an unidentified idiosyncratic known lone arsenic “Alhaji.”

He added that the drugs were reportedly being transported to Yola successful Adamawa State earlier the interception.

The constabulary commissioner said the suspects are presently assisting investigators, portion the seized substances person been secured arsenic exhibits.

Kankarofi warned that cause trafficking remains a large operator of transgression and insecurity, stressing that the bid would intensify efforts to dis...