25-year-old suspected female drug baron arrested in Delta

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspected female drug baron and two others during a coveted operation within Ogbomoro and Ugolo communities in Warri metropolis.

Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, said operatives of Area Command, Effurun, carried out the covert operation on 7 May 2026 at about 9pm which led to the arrest of the 25-year-old suspected drug baron, Favor Isaac, alongside two female accomplices identified as Favour Felix, aged 24 years, and Samson Precious, aged 19 years.

Edafe mentioned that during the operation, a search warrant was executed at the suspects’ hideout located along River Road, Ogbomoro community, where operatives recovered twenty-one (21) bottles of CSC Codeine, two (2) canisters containing Nitrous Oxide popularly known as “laughing gas”, two (2) packs of suspected psychoactive chewing gum branded as “Highness Gum”, and a total of six hundred and forty (640) grams of substances suspected to be Canadian Loud concealed in different bags and containers.

‘’Preliminary investigation revealed that one Rukewe Tega Isaac, who is currently at large, is allegedly the major supplier behind the drug network. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect and other members of the syndicate” he said