Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The Nigeria Police Force has arrested four suspected illegal drug dealers during separate crackdown operations in Anambra and Enugu, Nigeria's South-east.

Anambra State

Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, said in a statement on Thursday that police operatives arrested three suspects on Monday at a motel in Uke, a community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu arrested the suspects specifically for their alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and involvement in illicit drug activities in the community.

The spokesperson said the arrest of the suspects followed receipt of a ti...