Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- The police in Anambra State say they have arrested a suspected female drug dealer and six other crime suspects when operatives separately raided criminal hideouts in the state.

Police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga stated on Friday that the operations were conducted in accordance with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and the Command's operational strategy against violent crimes, cultism, and illicit drug activities.

Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said one of the suspects, Ifeanyi Ogbuagbo, was believed to be a member of an unnamed separatist group in the state.

"Acting on credible intelligence in the evening of 13 August 2026, operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit arrested a ...