Police in Ogun state while carrying out raids on criminal hideouts and black spots across the state have arrested four persons with a deep freezer loaded with weeds suspected to be marijuana.

The raiding of black spots across the state is in furtherance of total clampdown on hoodlums perpetrating violence crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and the likes.

The suspects which include, two female; Opeyemi Wahab twenty-two years, Kabirat Ahmed twenty-one years, and two male; Yusuf Rasaki twenty years and Saheed Mustapha thirty-two years were all arrested at Iperin black spots in Agbara area during the raiding of the area by team of policemen led by the DPO Superintendent of Police Adegbite Omotayo.

They were caught with the deep freezer which they pretended to be using for sales of soft drinks, but when it was opened, behold, it was loaded with weeds suspected to be marijuana hence they were promptly apprehended.

According to Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the arrest was made possible following a special operation outfit code named “OPERATION PUFF ADDER ” which was recently launched by the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama in compliance with the directive of Acting Inspector General of Police.

On interrogation, they confessed been the major distributor of the substance in Agbara area and that they always use the freezer to distribute it around so as to deceive the security agents and prevent them from arrest.

Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.

He also warned that sales of illicit drugs which is a catalyst for crime commission will not be tolerated in the state any longer.