Nigeria, April 29 -- The police in Bauchi State have arrested five suspected drug dealers at the Tudun Wadan Dan'iya area of the Bauchi metropolis.

The police spokesperson in the state, Ahmed Wakil, said the suspects "were discovered with a notable quantity of prohibited substances" peddling them in their shops.

In a statement he issued on Monday, Mr Wakil said the suspects were arrested by the Command Monitoring Unit, led by Abdulrazak Pada, a chief Superintendent of police, which carried out an operation on drug activities.

Mr Wakil said the operation focused on disrupting drug trafficking in Unguwar Tudun Wadan Dan'iya, also known as Bayan Gari, in the metropolitan area of Bauchi.

He said during the operation, a search on several l...