{"id":62286,"date":"2025-03-07T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62286"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:48:35","slug":"fct-police-arrest-73-in-major-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/07\/fct-police-arrest-73-in-major-drug-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Arrest 73 in Major Drug Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested 73 suspects in a late-night raid on criminal hideouts across Maitama, Kurudu, Galadima, and Karmo in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to counterterrorism expert Zagazola Makama, the operation\u2014led by the Anti-Narcotic Unit\u2014uncovered Indian hemp and other illicit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Makama stated that suspects are currently undergoing screening, with those found guilty set to face prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>He also identified Nyanya night market and Karu Abattoir as key drug hotspots, while security sources linked major supply routes to Kano, Kaduna, and the South-West.<\/p>\n<p>Security analysts are now calling for tighter enforcement, dismantling of drug networks, and stricter regulations on logistics companies suspected of aiding drug distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested 73 suspects in a late-night raid on criminal hideouts across Maitama, Kurudu, Galadima, and Karmo in Abuja. According to counterterrorism expert Zagazola Makama, the operation\u2014led by the Anti-Narcotic Unit\u2014uncovered Indian hemp and other illicit drugs. Makama stated that suspects are currently undergoing screening, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62287,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62286\/revisions\/62287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}