Oyo: Suspected peddlers nabbed with parcels of Canadian loud concealed inside tyre

By Ayorinde Oluokun

Police operatives have arrested two suspected drug peddlers and recovered eight parcels of weeds suspected to be Canadian Loud concealed inside a car tyre in Oyo State.

DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the spokesperson for the Oyo Police Command announced this in a statement on Friday.

According to him, the arrest of the two suspects followed information about the activities of a drug peddler at a vulcanizer’s shop.

Following the information, Olayinka said the state commissioner of police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga directed the Officer in Charge, Anti-Narcotics Section, through the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department (DCCID), to move to the location.

“Acting on the directive, operatives proceeded to the said shop, where they arrested two suspects and recovered the eight parcels of weeds suspected to be Canadian Loud concealed inside the car tyre with the assistance of the vulcanizer. A vulcanizing machine allegedly used in the process was also recovered as an exhibit,” Olayinka said.

He added that the recovery of the suspected illicit drugs and the arrest of the suspects subsequently opened a new phase of the investigation.

“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to their respective involvement in the act and are currently assisting the Police with the ongoing investigation. They will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigation, while efforts are ongoing to identify and apprehend other members of the syndicate,” said the Oyo police spokesperson.

He added that the operation reinforced the Command’s position that tackling drug trafficking is an essential part of the broader fight against crime and criminality.

“Hard drugs do not only pose serious health and social dangers; their proliferation can impair judgment, fuel violence and provide a catalyst for crimes such as cultism, robbery, kidnapping and other forms of organised criminality.

“The Command remains committed to disrupting such networks and calls on members of the public to continue providing timely and credible information that can assist in making Oyo State safer,” he added.