The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected drug dealers and rescued a kidnapped woman in separate operations, the force confirmed.

SP Bright Edafe, spokesperson for the command, said that operatives of the Crack Squad, acting on credible intelligence, raided a hideout in the Government Reserved Area (GRA), Effurun, in the early hours of 12 October 2025. Two suspects, Igwe Samson, 33, and Abalum Sunday, 39, were arrested.

During the operation, a search conducted on the suspects’ Sienna vehicle led to the recovery of a large cache of illicit drugs, including 450 bottles of CSP Codeine, 188 bottles of Bargadine, 208 sachets of Tramadol 100mg, 100 sachets of Tramadol 500mg, 300 sachets of Swinol, 50 sachets of Rophynol, and a bag of weeds suspected to be cannabis.

According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects had been in the illegal drug business for about two years, sourcing their supplies from Onitsha and transporting them mostly at night to evade security detection.

“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate, including their suppliers and buyers,” Edafe stated.

In a separate incident, operatives of the Ovian-Aladja Police Division foiled a kidnapping operation and rescued a woman who had been abducted from her home in the early hours of the same day.

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Friday Ekundayo, reportedly acted on a distress call received around 2:00 a.m. and immediately led his team in pursuit of the kidnappers.

The suspects were tracked to a forest along the Iyara community, where the combined pressure from police operatives forced them to abandon their victim and flee.

The woman was safely rescued and has since been reunited with her family, while efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.