Indian Hemp Farm Found and Destroyed in Abia State

The Abia State Police Command has destroyed an Indian hemp farm located at Amaorji village in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Ezekiel Onyeke, who confirmed this to Southern City News, said the alleged owner of the farm was still being interrogated by the police.

He said police, acting on a tip-off, visited the house of the suspect, one Mr. Ibe Onwubuiko, on June 10, 2015 and arrested him with two wraps of Indian hemp.

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Onyeke said the suspect took detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department to a farm behind his house where he planted the weed.

The police have appealed to members of the public, especially community leaders, to volunteer information about those who cultivate weeds in any part of the state for prompt action.