Ogun State Police Command has uncovered a large expanse of land used for planting Indian hemp and arrested seven suspects in Lokuta village in Remo North local government area of the state.
The spokesperson for the Command, Mr Muyiwa Olujobi confirmed this to newsmen in Abeokuta.
According to Mr Olujobi, the suspects are, Nelson Enu, Patrick Emmanuel, Samuel Paul, Ekioya Joe, Monday Okoro, Endurance Eliobe and Stanley Ogejiagba.
He stressed that they were all arrested following a tip-off that the suspects have cultivated a large expanse of land for the purpose of planting the Canabis Sativa at Lokuta village.
He explained that the suspects were allegedly threatening the villagers for daring to disturb them while the planting was going on.
Mr Oyeyemi said that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Isara Division, Mr Shobiyi Oluwatosin mobilized his men in conjunction with local vigilante to the scene where the seven suspects were arrested.
He listed the items recovered from the suspects to include five bags of suspected Indian hemp seeds while two bags have already been planted.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for prompt prosecution.
