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Cracked Police detectives\u00a0 attached to\u00a0 Mokwa Division of the\u00a0 Nigeria Police Force , under the Niger State Command, have arrested two suspected criminals with 16 bags of substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa i.e. Indian Hemps.<\/p>\n

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The Image Maker of the State Police Public\u00a0 Command, DSP Wasiu Abidoun, stated this in a Press statement issued s by him and made available to the Newsmen in Minna,adding that Police Operatives attached to the Mokwa Division\u00a0 had on September 6, 2023, at about 00:10 hrs, received credible intelligence, which led to the arrest of the two suspects.<\/div>\n
\nThe suspects, according to him, were Auta Umar Sayu, 25 years old, and Mohammed Bala, 52 years old, both of them claimed to be from Mokwa.<\/div>\n
\nAbiodun stated further\u00a0 that the first suspect, Auta Umar Saidu was intercepted and arrested at Muwo village near Mokwa allegedly during an attempt to ferry 16 bags of\u00a0 Indian Hemp to Ndayako village in Mokwa LGA of the State<\/div>\n
\nThe statement added\u00a0 that Auta had, during interrogation, allegedly confessed to have been sent by one Bala to receive the bags of the illicit items from one Lawal who was said to have brought the items from Ondo State, stressing\u00a0 he took the delivery while Lawal left.<\/div>\n
\nThe suspect was further quoted to have said that Bala, was later arrested while both of them allegedly confessed that the bags were for sale, hilighting further\u00a0 that they were in the illicit business together for about eight months.<\/div>\n
\nThe two suspects, according to the press statement were transferred to the\u00a0 State Criminals Investigations Departmrnt ( SCID) Minna, and they have been charged to\u00a0 Court for prosecution.<\/p>
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