Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have arrested two fake policemen at Takum Junction in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Acting on credible intelligence, the troops, working with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), intercepted the suspects, who were dressed in mobile police uniforms, and discovered two Toyota Hilux vehicles loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa.
According to a statement by Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations for 6 Brigade, preliminary investigations revealed that none of the suspects were serving police officers.
The vehicles, loaded with cannabis in Akure, Ondo State, were headed for Adamawa State before security forces intercepted them.
One of the suspects, identified as Monday George, a 71-year-old dismissed police assistant superintendent, and another, Ezeugo Destiny Uche, 41, were arrested. The occupants of a second Hilux abandoned their vehicle and fled on sighting the troops.
A total of 1,134 blocks of cannabis were recovered from the vehicles. Both the suspects and the seized items have been handed over to the NDLEA office in Wukari for further investigation and prosecution.
The operation forms part of the ongoing state-wide security initiative, Operation Lafiya Nakowa, aimed at eliminating bandits and other criminal elements in Taraba State.
Brigadier General Kingsley Uwa, Commander of the 6 Brigade, commended the troops and NDLEA personnel for their cooperation and resilience. He reaffirmed the brigade’s determination to ensure that Taraba State remains unsafe for criminals and drug traffickers, urging members of the public to continue providing timely and credible information to support ongoing security operations.
