The Anambra State Police Command has arrested Patrick Ojele, secretly cultivating a cannabis farm in Awka, the state capital.
The 43-year-old man, who allegedly disguised himself as a mentally unstable person was arrested during a patrol along the Awka–Enugu Expressway, near Ngozika Estate, on Wednesday.
The Command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a press release on Thursday.
“The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Patrick Ojele, who pretended to be mentally unstable while secretly cultivating a marijuana farm in Awka, the state capital.
“The police operatives attached to the Operations Department, Awka, nabbed the suspect on September 17, 2025, during a routine patrol along the Awka–Enugu Expressway near Ngozika Estate.
“He later led the team to the hidden farm, where large quantities of weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa were recovered.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, noted that the arrest reflects the Command’s renewed strategy of cutting off criminal supplies by targeting drug dealers who embolden cultists and violent offenders,” the statement read in part.
Ikenga further stated that the CP directed that the suspect should be handed over to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad, Enugwu-Ukwu, for careful investigation.
The investigation will also trace his buyers and dismantle the wider distribution network.
In another development, the police command also arrested no fewer than 54 suspects, comprising 39 males and 15 females, for various offences ranging from kidnapping, cultism, hard drugs and banned substances.
