The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has said it has apprehended Thaddeus Joseph, a suspected peddler of prohibited substances that were suspected to be marijuana.
The spokesperson of the police in the state, DSP Josephine Adeh, via a statement on Friday, said necessary plans had been made to send the name of the suspect to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for necessary actions.
The image maker of the police in the state revealed that the 32-years-old male residing at Kado Estate Area of the FCT was apprehended for the offence of being in care of a commercial amount of leaves suspected to be Cannabis sativa.
She revealed that the arrest was instituted by men of the police command on the 7th of September 2022.
She said that the arrest came following credible information that the suspect cultivates a large farm of leaves who was suspected to be Cannabis sativa on a piece of land at Godab Estate In the Life Camp area of Abuja.
“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 led to the discovery of the farm and removal of the exhibits.
“Upon the arrest, the suspect, in a voluntary statement, confessed to have been in the practice for about two years. While the suspects and exhibits are being transferred for onward investigation/prosecution, the police investigation has been intensified to track down the chain of supply and other criminal affiliations to this suspected criminal enterprise.
“The Commissioner of Police while urging youths and the residents as a whole 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.
“He 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 PPRO added.