The Nigeria police force,Ogun State Command have raided drug dealers’ hideout in Abeokuta, and seized a cache of illicit drugs, machetes, and cash from the peddlers, who have fled.
The seizures – N2,722,750 cash and over N10m worth of hard drugs were recovered from the den named “Mayas,” an abandoned hotel at Lafenwa, Abeokuta.
According to Sources, the notorious hideout was said to be about 700 metres away from Lafenwa Police Station in the state capital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, who briefed newsmen about the development at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, described it as ‘big haul of seizure.’
Ajogun said the command’s tactical teams stormed the hideout in the early hours Tuesday 12th January 2021 and those who were present at the hideout fled into the nearby canal leading to Ogun River.
He added that the items recovered include N2,222,750.00, 110 parcels of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp, 55 packs of codeine, two packs of Emzoline, and six packs of Uniplex codeine.
