Police rescue 17 children from drug abuse, arrest two suppliers in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has rescued 17 minors allegedly recovered abusing rubber solution and arrested 2 suspected suppliers of the substance successful Bauchi metropolis.

The cognition followed the involution of a acrophobic nonmigratory who apprehended 8 minors portion they were allegedly inhaling rubber solution astatine Adamu Jumba Street, Bauchi, astatine astir 10 p.m. connected November 5, 2026, earlier handing them implicit to the police.

In a follow-up cognition aboriginal that night, constabulary operatives rescued different 9 minors astatine the Wunti Flyover area, bringing the full fig of children rescued to 17.

The Command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, said accusation obtained from the minors led to the apprehension of 2 suspected suppliers during a consequent cognition connected November 6.

The suspects were identified arsenic 41-year-old Chimezie Ezikiel Nathan, of Yelwan Makaranta area, and 25-year-old Sani Ali, of Muda Lawan Market, some successful Bauchi.

According to the police, 12 packs of rubber solution were recovered from the suspects during a se...