Operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested five suspected cultists and illicit drug dealers at a relaxation centre in Ikere-Ekiti.
The State Police Public Relation Officer, Sunday Abutu, who disclosed this in statement said the suspects were arrested by the operative of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) attached to the command following a credible tip-off from members of the public.
Abutu said upon the reception of the information, men of the RRS went after the suspects before they were arrested at a relaxation centre in Ikere-Ekiti.
“Upon the receipt of the information, the operatives of the RRS swung into action and on getting to the hotel, one Adewumi Gboyega, Temitope Oyeyemi, Kazeem Ayomide, Adewumi Praise and Olayinka Emmanuel were found in one of the hotel rooms.
“When the room was searched, the following items were found in their possession and recovered, three packs of suspected Arizona Hemp, Fifty raps of suspected cocaine, Fifteen packs of suspected loud hemp, twenty raps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp
Other items recovered are, ten gas lighters, one sharp knife and a cash sum of seventy-six thousand, nine hundred naira (#76,900)
“During interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed to be illicit drug dealers”
The State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, commended members of the public over what he called their cooperation and support in providing timely and useful information to the Police, which he said l has led to the arrest of the suspects and other criminal elements in the State.
He reiterated the readiness of the Command, under his watch not to relent in its efforts to cripple the activities of criminals in the State.