{"id":75784,"date":"2025-09-28T15:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75784"},"modified":"2025-09-28T15:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:42:35","slug":"fct-police-arrest-11-suspected-drug-dealers-seize-68-bags-of-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/28\/fct-police-arrest-11-suspected-drug-dealers-seize-68-bags-of-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Arrest 11 Suspected Drug Dealers, Seize 68 Bags of Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has arrested 11 suspected drug dealers and recovered 68 bags of cannabis in a series of coordinated raids across Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the operations, conducted by the Anti-Narcotics Unit, were part of an intensified crackdown on drug trafficking and related crimes in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese arrests are part of ongoing efforts to disrupt criminal supply networks and reduce drug-fueled crimes within the nation\u2019s capital,\u201d Adeh stated.<\/p>\n<p>She described the seizure as a significant breakthrough in the fight against illicit drugs, stressing that it would help dismantle criminal chains and protect communities from harmful substances.<\/p>\n<p>The Command reaffirmed its resolve to sustain aggressive operations against drug-related offences and urged residents to support security efforts by providing credible information.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were also reminded to report suspicious activity through the Command\u2019s emergency lines: 08061581938, 08032003913, or the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) at 08107314192.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has arrested 11 suspected drug dealers and recovered 68 bags of cannabis in a series of coordinated raids across Abuja. The Command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the operations, conducted by the Anti-Narcotics Unit, were part of an intensified crackdown on drug trafficking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75784","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75786,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75784\/revisions\/75786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}