{"id":170031,"date":"2025-07-17T18:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:43:17","slug":"yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers","title":{"rendered":"Yobe Police Arrest Three Suspected Drug Dealers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the state government, has launched a joint security operation aimed at combating the alarming rise of drug abuse and trafficking in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, during recent raids on black spots and criminal hideouts, 303 suspects were arraigned in court, while 3 alleged drug barons are undergoing discreet investigation at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Yobe State Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrug abuse can lead to addiction and dependency, physical and mental health problems, increased risk of crime and violence, strained relationships and social isolation, and long-term consequences for education and career prospects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo combat this menace, we urge the public to educate themselves and others about the risks of drug abuse, seek help if they or someone they know is struggling with addiction, support community initiatives and programs promoting drug abuse prevention, and report suspicious activities or drug-related crimes to the authorities\u201d, the Command said.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ado, in the statement, expressed strong commitment to combating drug abuse and trafficking, pledging that the command will continue to work with stakeholders to provide support services, conduct awareness campaigns, and enforce laws to protect citizens.<\/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. Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the state government, has launched a joint security operation aimed at combating the alarming rise of drug abuse and trafficking in the state. The Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Damaturu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[6723,254,165,334],"class_list":["post-170031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-drug-peddlers","tag-nigeria","tag-police","tag-yobe"],"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>Yobe Police Arrest Three Suspected Drug Dealers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the state government, has launched a joint securit ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yobe Police Arrest Three Suspected Drug Dealers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the state government, has launched a joint securit ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T17:32:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T18:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752765299.044308.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Yobe Police Arrest Three Suspected Drug Dealers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-17T17:32:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-17T18:43:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752765299.044308.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"drug peddlers\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\",\"Yobe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-police-arrest-three-suspected-drug-dealers\",\"name\":\"Yobe Police Arrest Three Suspected Drug Dealers - 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