By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Police Operatives attached to the Special Cultism Squad, Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State in the early hours of Friday, May 30, 2025 following a tip off busted a drug trafficking network in Isuaniocha, Awka North Local Government Area of the state.

According to a press statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga on Saturdaybsaid that six suspects including a female drug dealer were arrested, and a large quantity of dried leaves suspected to be hard drugs and other incriminating hard substances were also recovered.

The suspects include Chinyere Onwuka ?F? aged 32 years, John Kennedy Onwuka ?M? aged 36 years, Chidiebere Onyeze aged 30 years, Echeazu Nonso ?M? aged 35 years, Osita Chukwu Chialuka ?M? aged 21 years and Nnebedum Wisdom ?M? aged 25 years respectively.

Reacting to the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, frowned at the relative rise in drug consumption by the teeming youths.

He described drug as the oxygen that drive most crimes and bad behaviour exhibited by individuals.

The Commissioner further expressed willingness to step up advocacy against illicit drugs through a Police Campaign against Cultism and other Vices (POCACOV).

According to him, the program is targeted to sensitize the youths on the dangers of drugs and other vices in the state.

He said that all the suspects shall be transferred to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Awka for further necessary actions.