No fewer than twelve (12) suspected hoodlums were yesterday arrested by security operatives for allegedly peddling illicit drugs and promoting intake of Methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpurummiri.
The suspects were arrested and paraded by the Ebonyi State Command of the Ebubeagu Security outfit, at its temporary office, located at the old government house, Abakaliki.
The Ebonyi State Security Consultant, Chief Stanley Emegha, who spoke to journalists while parading the suspects, said that the security outfit, on a tip-off, stormed the hideout of the syndicate and arrested 12 of them, while others escaped.
He noted that the suspects specialize in the distribution of hard drugs, such as Methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpurummiri.
Emegha, who is also the State chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State, expressed dismay over the high rate of consumption of the illicit hard drugs and urged members of the public to avail the security outfit with useful information that would lead to the arrest of the remaining members of the syndicate. Pr
