The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Thursday, September 15, 2022, discovered a Cannabis sativa farm in Abuja.
The Command said it has perfected the necessary arrangements for the forwarding of the exhibits and a suspected peddler of prohibited substances, Thaddeus Joseph, to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
A statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said the 32-year-old Joseph, a resident of Kado Estate Area of the FCT was arrested for the offense of being in possession of a commercial amount of leaves suspected to be Cannabis sativa on September 7, 2022, at about 3:00 pm.
According to the statement, the arrest follows the heels of received credible information that the suspect cultivates a large farm of leaves suspected to be Cannabis sativa on a piece of land at Godab Estate in the Life Camp Area of the FCT.
“Consequent upon the above, a team of the Command’s Intelligence Assets attached to the Anti-Narcotics Section swung into action and apprehended the suspects which lead to the discovery of the farm and removal of the exhibits.
“Upon the arrest, the suspect in a voluntary statement confessed to having been in the practice for about Two years. While the suspects and exhibits are being transferred for investigation and prosecution, the police investigation has been intensified to track down the chain of supply and other criminal affiliations to his enterprise.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Sunday Baba, while urging youths and the residents to eschew drug and prohibited substances-related crimes noted that the involvement in the production and the consumption of such substances isn’t just a crime against the law but also against one’s self.
“The CP also reassured the good people of the Territory of the Command’s unalloyed commitment to the sustenance of peace and the onward march against crime and criminality till it is brought to the barest minimum.” The statement reads.
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