{"id":3053,"date":"2026-08-03T22:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2026-08-03T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:29:41","slug":"police-raid-criminal-hideouts-in-abraka-arrest-22-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=3053","title":{"rendered":"Police Raid Criminal Hideouts In Abraka, Arrest 22 Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Chegwe Jessica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Delta State Police Command has intensified its fight against crime with a successful intelligence-led operation in the NUT Area and Ekrejeta community of Abraka, targeting suspected criminal hideouts and drug dens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation, carried out by officers of the command, resulted in the arrest of 22 suspects, comprising 19 men and three women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the raid, police recovered quantities of suspected illicit drugs, including cannabis, tramadol, codeine syrup and other prohibited substances believed to have been used in illegal drug activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a significant development, officers also rescued two minors from a suspected drug den allegedly operated by their father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The children were immediately taken into protective custody and are expected to be handed over to the Delta State Ministry of Women Affairs for proper care, rehabilitation and protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the operation, the Commissioner of Police described the raid as part of the command&#8217;s ongoing intelligence-driven strategy to combat crime, drug abuse and trafficking across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He assured residents that the command would continue to identify and dismantle criminal hideouts while bringing offenders to justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also urged members of the public to support the police by providing timely and credible information that would assist security agencies in preventing crime and maintaining peace in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police said the operation reflects the Delta State Command&#8217;s commitment to safeguarding lives and property and ensuring that criminal elements have no safe haven anywhere in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chegwe Jessica The Delta State Police Command has intensified its fight against crime with a successful intelligence-led operation in the NUT Area and Ekrejeta community of Abraka, targeting suspected criminal hideouts and drug dens. The operation, carried out by officers of the command, resulted in the arrest of 22 suspects, comprising 19 men and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":19,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14],"tags":[116,30,70],"class_list":["post-3053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abrakametro","category-trendingnews","tag-crime","tag-insecurity","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3056,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053\/revisions\/3056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}