Rita Enemuru, Reporting
WARRI — Delta State Police operatives have smashed two major criminal plots in a single day, seizing a consignment of cocaine and cannabis cleverly concealed inside energy-saving bulbs, alongside a pump-action gun linked to a brutal cult murder.
In an intelligence-led operation along the Onicha-Ugbo/Ewohimi Road on Wednesday morning, officers from the Safer Highway Patrol stopped a Sienna bus heading north. A search of the vehicle, driven by 47-year-old Osuke Stephen, uncovered 490 grams of cocaine and 4 grams of ‘loud’ (a potent cannabis strain) stuffed inside electric bulbs.
The driver is now in custody, with police confirming the consignment was destined for Abuja.
Later that evening, the CP’s Special Assignment Team recovered a pump-action gun with three live cartridges abandoned in the Ekigbo area of Ughelli.
The firearm is directly linked to the murder of one Alex Adanike on 15 January 2026.
Three suspects have already been remanded for the killing, and cops are now hunting a fugitive named Eddy Onose, a known member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity (“ARO BAGGAR”).
“Intelligence-led operations are dismantling criminal networks,” declared Commissioner of Police CP Yemi Oyeniyi, urging the public to stay vigilant.
SP. Bright Edafe confirmed that efforts to arrest the fleeing cultist and track down the drug ring’s kingpins are ongoing.
