Police officers from State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of Nigerian Police Abia State Command have arrested an Indian hemp farmer, Mr. Ibe Onwubiko of Amaroji village in Isiala Ngwa Local Government Area of the state.
According to the state Public Relations Officer, Ezekiel Onyeke (DSP) men of the SIB after arresting the suspect through a tip off conducted a search around the suspect’s compound and discovered a farm where he (Onwubiko) was growing weeds at the back of his compound.
Onyeke said that the operatives uprooted the weeds and the suspect on interrogation admitted ownership of the Indian hemp farm.
He said that the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution as soon as investigation into the matter was concluded.
In another development Mrs. Agnes Uchendu and her son, Ikechukwu has been arrested by the Abia State Police Command in Umuahia, the state capital for reportedly assaulting their house helps Hope and Ngozi Ajunwa, 11 and 9 years respectively.
Anges and her son were accused of being in the habit of beating and inflicting bodily injuries on their wards at the slightest provocations.
The police spokes person told our correspondent that the accused persons were already in police custody and currently being interrogated, adding that the two sisters who sustained severe body injuries were rescued by the police team that stormed the resident of the suspects at No. 50 Arochukwu Street, Umuahia and were currently on admission at the police clinic.
The police spokesman said that the suspect confessed of the crime, alleging that the hot iron was used on his victim when she refused confessing of stealing his N100:00, adding that he would soon be arraigned in court.
It was learnt that the International Federation of Women Lawyers had written a petition to the police over the assault by Mrs. Uchendu and her son, leading to the arrest of the two suspects by Police team from the State Intelligence Bureau.