Operatives of the Ekiti Police Command and Amotekun Corps have arrested five suspected hemp dealers in the state.
The police commissioner, Emmanuel Ogundare, in a statement by the Command’s spokesman, Sunday Abutu, said one man identified as Monday was arrested.
The CP said Monday who was arrested with one locally pistol and two live cartridges.
He stated, “During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he is an Indian hemp dealer who engages in the cultivation of the weeds at Ise-Ekiti forest and other nefarious activities.
“He mentioned four others – ThankGod, Lucky, Wisdom and Samuel – as his criminal allies and led the police team to their hideouts in Ise-Ekiti forest”.