The police in Ogun State stormed an Indian hemp plantation on Tuesday at Lokuta village in Remo North Local Government Area of the state and arrested seven suspects while they were planting.
The police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen that the suspects: Nelson Enu, Patrick Emmanuel, Samuel Paul, Ekioya Joe, Monday Okoro, Endurance Eliobe and Stanley Ogejiagba, were arrested following credible intelligence gathered by the Isara police division.
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Oyeyemi said police were informed that the suspects had cultivated a large expanse of land for the purpose of planting hemp.
According to him, intelligence further revealed that the suspects were threatening the villagers who did not initially know what they wanted to use the land for, for daring to disturb them while planting was going on.
Oyeyemi said five bags of Indian hemp seeds were recovered, while two bags had already been planted, adding that the suspects would be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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