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The Police Command successful Anambra says it has detained 54 suspects, including 39 males and 15 females, implicit their alleged engagement successful cult related activities successful the State.
The Commissioner of Police successful the state, Mr. Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed this portion addressing newsmen connected Monday successful Awka.
He said that operatives of the bid raided a notorious spot astatine Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the authorities successful the precocious hours of Sunday.
According to him, the apprehension followed credible quality that cultists routinely gathered astatine the determination to cleanable plans for their nefarious activities.
“During the operation, 53 suspects including 38 males and 15 females were arrested,” helium said.
Orutugu, who was represented by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) successful the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the suspects were presently undergoing screening and profiling.
“Those recovered culpable aft the probe would beryllium charged to Court, ” helium said.
He said that connected Sept. 12, Operatives of the Special Anti-Cult Squad (SPACS), Enugwu-Ukwu, portion connected a manhunt for cultists, arrested a antheral suspect, Chiderah Obochi (25), astatine Ifitedunu, on Old Onitsha/Awka Road.
“The suspect, who was connected a motorcycle, was searched and immoderate quantities of dried leaves suspected to beryllium Indian Hemp were recovered from him,” helium said.
The commissioner said that upon interrogation, Obochi confessed to being a cause runner successful Umudioka Village, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the fishy thereafter led the squad to the location of Ginika Okeke successful Umudioka Village, but the fishy was not astatine home.
According to Orutugu, 11 bags containing a precise ample quantity of dried leaves suspected to beryllium Indian Hemp. were recovered from the house.
He said that the recovered substances would beryllium handed implicit to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation.
“The Command is besides moving connected credible quality to place and apprehend cause dealers supplying these harmful substances,” helium said.
Oturugu expressed heavy interest implicit the expanding cases of motivation decay successful the state, peculiarly among youths wrong the 18- to 26-year property bracket.
According to him, successful spite of the successes recorded successful the past, disturbing trends specified arsenic cultism and fake kidnapping incidents continued to aboveground successful Anambra.
He recalled two recent, abstracted cases wherever boys and girls arranged self-kidnappings to extort wealth from their parents.
The constabulary brag condemned the resurgence of cult-related activities, similar the caller indiscriminate shooting by suspected cultists of the attendees of a burial ceremonial astatine Ezi-Ogidi, Ogidi, Idemili North LGA.
He said the bid had intensified surveillance, patrols, and intelligence-gathering operations aimed astatine preventing specified incidents from occurring.
Orutugu said that the Command has strategised further by adopting some kinetic and non-kinetic approaches to tackle crimes successful the state.
According to him, the maltreatment of hard drugs remained a large driving unit that emboldens youths to perpetrate heinous crimes successful the state.
He reassured the nationalist of the command’s unwavering committedness to restoring sanity, protecting lives and property, and ensuring that the authorities remained harmless for each law-abiding residents.
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