{"id":153418,"date":"2025-02-28T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons"},"modified":"2025-03-02T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:36:56","slug":"police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 245 suspected criminals in Abuja, recover hard drugs, dangerous weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>No fewer than 245 suspected criminals have been arrested as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command intensifies its crackdown on criminal activities in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Command\u2019s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh said between February 6 and February 23, 2025, the police conducted a series of intelligence-led raid operations targeting criminal hideouts, abandoned buildings and black spots across the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the high-impact operations were executed with focus on crime-prone areas including Kurudu, Dutse Alhaji, Karshi, Kubwa, Apo, Wuye, Galadimawa, Iddo, Kuje, Zuba, Asokoro, Karu, Byazhin, and other strategic locations, leading to the arrest of the 245 suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Josephine said the suspects are currently undergoing thorough profiling and screening, stating that those found culpable will be prosecuted in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>The operations, according to her led to the recovery of a substantial cache of dangerous weapons, illicit substances, and items linked to criminal activities, including a large quantity of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Also recovered are three axes and three machetes, often used in violent crimes, six small tubes of glue, five handmade bongs, materials commonly associated with substance abuse, eight pairs of scissors, five ID cards and various pills suspected to be illicit substances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. No fewer than 245 suspected criminals have been arrested as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command intensifies its crackdown on criminal activities in the territory. A statement by the Command\u2019s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh said between February 6 and February 23, 2025, the police conducted a series of intelligence-led raid operations targeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":153417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[347,254,165],"class_list":["post-153418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-abuja","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest 245 suspected criminals in Abuja, recover hard drugs, dangerous weapons - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No fewer than 245 suspected criminals have been arrested as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command intensifi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest 245 suspected criminals in Abuja, recover hard drugs, dangerous weapons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No fewer than 245 suspected criminals have been arrested as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command intensifi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-28T09:25:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-02T15:36:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740726140.938312.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest 245 suspected criminals in Abuja, recover hard drugs, dangerous weapons\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-28T09:25:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-02T15:36:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740726140.938312.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abuja\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-245-suspected-criminals-in-abuja-recover-hard-drugs-dangerous-weapons\",\"name\":\"Police arrest 245 suspected criminals in Abuja, recover hard drugs, dangerous weapons - 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