The Anti-Cultism Squad of Nigeria Police, Cross River Command has apprehended two suspected drug dealers at Old Market Road, Ugep town in Yakurr Local Government Area (LGA).
Gatekeepers News reports that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogon Grimah revealed this while speaking to journalists in Calabar on Friday.
The CP noted that the arrest of the suspects; Bassey Bassey, 21, and Christopher Okoi, 23, was successfully carried out after credible intelligence and prompt raid of the area by the squad.
Grimah said an on-the-spot search was conducted and substances suspected to be hard drugs were found in the possession of the suspects.
He noted that different types of hard drugs recovered from the suspects are 27 wraps of Ice, 110 wraps of Colos, 16 wraps of Loud, and seven Big.
Other items recovered include one laptop, three Android phones, two power banks, one scale, one MP3 player, and a cash sum of N1.3 million.
The CP said that the suspects confessed to the crime, adding that an intensive investigation was ongoing to discover the sources of their supply.
He said that the suspects would be charged immediately investigation was completed.
