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Police burst narcotics syndicate in Bauchi

The police in Bauchi have apprehended five suspects for alleged drug peddling in the metropolis.

• April 29, 2025
Armed policewomen
Policewomen [Credit: The Cable]

The police in Bauchi have apprehended five suspects for alleged drug peddling in the metropolis.

The spokesman for the command, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

He said that operatives of the command conducted a raid on April 27 and apprehended the suspects in the Bayan Gari area of Bauchi.

He said the suspects comprised three males and two females.

“On 27th April 2025, at about 2200 hours, operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit, under the leadership of CSP Abdulrazak Pada, conducted a strategic operation based on a credible intelligence report.

“The operation targeted Unguwar Tudun Wadan Dan’iya, popularly known as Bayan Gari, a notorious hotspot within the Bauchi metropolitan area,” he said.

Mr Wakil said the police recovered 30 sachets of Tramadol tablets, 22 bottles of syrups, three Penta injections, and 10 sachets of diazepam tablets.

He urged parents and community leaders to caution their wards against criminal behaviours and drug abuse. 

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