{"id":8382,"date":"2026-08-18T08:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=8382"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:29:38","slug":"police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raids on black spots around Yola, the Adamawa State capital, have led to the arrest of 29 suspects.<br \/><br \/>Operatives of the state police command also recovered illicit drugs and other items during the operation.<br \/><br \/>The operation was conducted by men and officers of the Yola Area Police Command, led by the Area Commander, ACP Grace Sanda, following a directive by the Commissioner of Police, Kabir Umar Hassan.<br \/><br \/>The CP had directed Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) across the state to dismantle locations being used for criminal activities.<br \/><br \/>According to a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the operation resulted in the recovery of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, tramadol capsules and wraps of suspected illicit substances.<br \/><br \/>Other items recovered included pipes, lighters, bottles and other materials believed to be used for the consumption and distribution of illicit drugs.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe 29 suspects are currently in police custody as investigators work to establish their individual roles and identify other persons allegedly connected to the activities uncovered during the raids,\u201d Nguroje said in the statement in the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raids on black spots around Yola, the Adamawa State capital, have led to the arrest of 29 suspects. Operatives of the state police command also recovered illicit drugs and other items during the operation. The operation was conducted by men and officers of the Yola Area Police Command, led by the Area Commander, ACP Grace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-18T08:29:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yola-suspects.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"345\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/05f4617892d384d55f4545bb8ceb8a24\"},\"headline\":\"Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-18T08:29:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/yola-suspects.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/18\\\/police-raid-suspected-black-spots-in-yola-arrest-29-suspects\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police raid suspected \u2018black spots\u2019 in Yola, arrest 29 suspects - 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