Police arrest suspected drug baron in Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said its operatives person arrested a suspected cause baron, Ofonime Etim, successful Ikot Ebom Itam, Itu Local Government Area of the state, aft dismantling a notorious cause den successful a renewed violative against transgression elements successful the state.

A connection issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Timfon John, successful Uyo connected Wednesday, said the operatives, acting connected intelligence, conducted a coordinated intelligence-led cognition targeting a transgression enclave suspected of being a haven for cause traffickers, receivers of stolen property, vandals, and different transgression elements terrorising residents of the area.

According to the statement, “The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded different important operational breakthrough successful its sustained violative against transgression elements, with the palmy dismantling of a notorious cause bunk, betterment of suspected stolen property, and apprehension of a suspected cause baron successful Ikot Ebom Itam, Itu Local Government Area.

The cognition led to the apprehension of Ofonime Etim, of Ikot Ebom Itam.

A thorough hunt of the premises reportedly led to the betterment of important quantities of substances suspected to beryllium Indian hemp, galore packets of rolling papers (rizlas), axes, machetes, vandalised electrical wires, ...