September 13, (THEWILL) – The Benue State Police Command says its patrol team along Igumale – Utonkon Road has intercepted a red Gold 3 vehicle driven by one Michael Abah of Ugbokolo in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State.
Spokesperson of the Command, SP Sewuese Anene, who disclosed this in a statement in Makurdi on Thursday, said in the course of searching the vehicle, five 100kg bags of dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp were recovered.
Anene said in an interview with the driver, he confessed that one Ameh Owaocho of Ogbadibo Local Government contracted him to deliver the dry leaves and that he had been transporting Indian Hemp for Mr. Ameh since 2023.
The statement added that the suspect, Ameh Owaocho, had been arrested and his case transferred to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation and prosecution.
The command, therefore, called on members of the public to volunteer credible information to the command to tackle criminality in the state.
