The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected drug sellers and rescued a kidnapped girl in separate operations throughout the state. Spokesperson for the Command, Superintendent of Police (SP) Brilliant Edafe, confirmed the event yesterday, describing it as one other main breakthrough within the Command’s renewed onslaught towards crime and illicit drug commerce.
He mentioned operatives of the Crack Squad, performing on credible intelligence, raided a hideout on the Authorities Reserved Space, Effurun, within the early hours of October 12, 2025, the place two suspects, Igwe Samson, 33, and Abalum Sunday, 39, had been apprehended.
Throughout the operation, a search of the suspects’ Toyota Sienna automobile led to the restoration of a giant amount of medication, together with 450 bottles of CSP Codeine, 188 bottles of Bargadine, 208 sachets of Tramadol 100mg, 100 sachets of Tramadol 500mg, 300 sachets of Swinol, 50 sachets of Rophynol, and a bag of weeds suspected to be hashish.
In keeping with Edafe, preliminary investigations confirmed that the suspects had been concerned within the unlawful drug enterprise for about two years, sourcing their provides from Onitsha and transporting them primarily at evening to keep away from detection.
“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend different members of the syndicate, together with their suppliers and patrons,” he mentioned. In a separate growth, operatives of the Ovian-Aladja Police Division foiled a kidnapping operation and rescued a lady kidnapped from her dwelling earlier that day.
The Divisional Police Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Friday Ekundayo, reportedly acted on a misery name obtained round 2:00 a.m. and led his crew in pursuit of the abductors.
The suspects had been later traced to a forest close to the Iyara neighborhood, the place sustained stress from the police compelled them to desert their sufferer and flee. The girl was rescued unharmed and reunited along with her household. The police mentioned efforts had been underway to trace down the fleeing suspects.
