Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- The Anambra State Police Command has intensified its campaign against cultism, drug abuse and other rising social vices with the arrest of 54 suspects and the recovery of a large quantity of hard drugs during separate operations across the state.

Among those arrested following coordinated raids by operatives in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area, and Ifitedunu, Dunukofia LGA, were 39 males and 15 females.

Briefing newsmen on Monday, the police spokesman in Anambra, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said the operations were in line with renewed strategies aimed at restoring sanity in the state and curbing the growing menace of crime among young people.

Ikenga revealed that on September 12, operatives of the Special Anti-Cu...