Police arrest 53 cultists in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has raided some criminal hideouts in the state and arrested 53 suspected cultists. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Haruna Mohammed, said the operation was carried out by police operatives attached to the command’s Operation Puff Adder in conjunction with the Special Anti-Cultism Unit. “At Abba/Abagana axis, […]

The Anambra State Police Command has raided some criminal hideouts in the state and arrested 53 suspected cultists.

The command, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Haruna Mohammed, said the operation was carried out by police operatives attached to the command’s Operation Puff Adder in conjunction with the Special Anti-Cultism Unit.

“At Abba/Abagana axis, 15 suspected cultists were arrested; at Ukwulu, six suspected cultists were arrested; at Oko/Amaokpola/Awgbu axis eight suspected cultists were arrested,” he added.

He said 24 of the suspects were arrested at Nteje, Ogidi, Amawbia, Urum and Ihiala areas of the state on different dates.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects, he said, included four axes, three cutlasses, some quantities of dry leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa and a substance suspected to be cocaine.

Out of the total arrests, he said 15 were screened out, nine were charged to court, while 29 were still undergoing investigation.