The Delta State Police Command has arrested three suspects for being in possession of hard drugs.

Three of the suspects, Lucky Emmanuel (40yrs), Enunwuune Snu (46yrs) and Jacob Efedeye(32yrs), were arrested in Asaba in a Toyota Hiace.

The police recovered three cartons containing 100 bottles of codeine and 400 sachets of tramadol.

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The police also disclosed that one Fidelis Akpos (23yrs), a resident of Ewhu community in Ughelli South LGA, was arrested on the Kwale-Ogwashi-Uku Expressway in a commercial Sienna bus with a concealed locally fabricated pistol and two live cartridges inside a polythene bag containing smoked fish.

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The Command led by CP Ari Muhammed Ali confirmed the report in a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe.