Troops Arrest Fake Police Officers In Taraba

Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/ Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in conjunction with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested two fake police officers with two trucks loaded with cannabis.

Acting on credible intelligence, troops alongside NDLEA personnel intercepted and apprehended two fake policemen at Takum Junction in Wukari Local Government Area.

The suspects, who were dressed in mobile police uniforms, were found with two Toyota Hilux vehicles loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis.

The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, Jalingo, Lieutenant Umar Mohammed, said a preliminary investigation revealed that none of the occupants are serving policemen.

He stated that the cannabis-laden vehicles were traced to have been loaded from Akure in Ondo State, and were heading towards Adamawa State.

Lieutenant Umar explained that one of the arrested suspects has been identified as Monday George, a 71-year-old dismissed Police ASP, and the other as Ezeugo Destiny Uche, 41 years old, while the occupants of the second Hilux abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene on sighting the troops.

“A total of 1,134 blocks of cannabis were recovered from the two vehicles. Both the suspects and the recovered exhibits have been handed over to the NDLEA office in Wukari for further investigation and prosecution,” he said. (Daily trust)