The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Nwonyi Emeka, has disclosed that officers of the Command has intercepted 300 parcels of Indian hemp during an operation in Port Harcourt.
Emeka disclosed this to journalists at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday.
He made it known that police operatives attached to the command’s C4i Intelligent Unit, intercepted a bus loaded with the illicit product after receiving credible information from an informant.
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He said: “The 300 parcels of Indian hemp were intercepted on Oct. 28 after operatives, working with credible information, trailed a white coloured Volkswagen bus with registration number MUS 910 YA.
“Upon sighting the approaching police operatives, the driver took to his heels but was arrested after a hot chase.
“Shortly after the suspect was apprehended, operatives searched the vehicle and recovered 300 parcels whose content was suspected to be Indian hemp,”
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The CP disclosed that the suspect is currently being interrogated to reveal the source and destination of the illegal product.
