Lagos State Police Command, has destroyed weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and other outlawed drugs worth fifty million naira recovered from arrested notorious criminals at Akala, Mushin area of Lagos.

According to the command, the illicit drugs were burnt at Olusosun dump site in compliance with the ‘Court Order’ by Magistrate Lateef Owolabi of the Lagos State Mobile Court, Oshodi.

Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi said Magistrate Lateef Owolabi recently gave the ‘Court Order’ after the prosecution of fifty suspected criminals arrested during enforcement operations on ‘Eradication of Criminal Hideouts’ carried out at Akala area of Mushin, Lagos.

Imohimi said during a mid-night joint enforcement operations between the Command and the operatives of the Lagos State Task Force recently, forty-four males and six females suspected criminals were arrested at Akala area of Mushin.

He maintained that it was no longer business as usual for criminals and hoodlums selling or buying drugs across the State, warning parents to monitor activities of their wards as anyone caught would be charged to court for prosecutions.

“Drug fuels crime and deviant behaviors, which is why the police have decided to rid every nooks and crannies of the state of hard drugs.

“Amongst the hard drugs to be destroyed is Codeine, which is supposed to be a cough syrup.

“Codeine can be gotten easily at any pharmacy shop, which makes it worrisome.

“We hereby urge all pharmacists to sell the cough syrups only to those with doctor’s prescription.” he said.

Imohimi said the police were partnering with different groups, especially the Student Union Government (SUG) not only to fight cultism but to put an end to sales and consumption of hard drugs in the state.

The police had on Oct. 5 recovered 38 bags of cannabis sativa worth N20 million during a raid on suspected hideouts in Akala, Mushin areas of the state.

The command also arrested nearly 52 suspects during the raid, which was preceded by reports of a clash in the area, where more than 150 cars were vandalised.