The Police Command in Delta State has arrested a suspected female drug peddler and recovered quantities of illicit drugs in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of the state.

Bright Edafe, the police spokesperson in Delta, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Asaba.

Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Ubulu-Uku, arrested a 40-year-old suspect during a covert operation in Agbor.

According to him, the arrest was carried out on 6 September, following credible intelligence received by the operatives about suspected drug peddling activities in the area.

“A search warrant was executed at her residence in Agbor-Obi, where quantities of Swinol, Tramadol, Codeine, Canadian Loud and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered,” Mr Edafe said.