By Desire Emmanuel
Thirty six bottles of nitrous oxide, popularly known as Laughing Gas, have been recovered from a drug dealer during his arrest by men of the Delta State Police Command from his hideout.
Laughing Gas, according to information, is a colourless gas known for causing euphoria, pain relief and mild hallucinations when inhaled and its excessive use can cause severe neurological damage.
The state police command announced the arrest and recovery in a statement on Sunday, January 11, saying the drug dealer, Obi Onuigbi Ndubuisi, aged 43 years, was arrested by the operatives attached to the Raiders Unit of the command.
The man was smoked out of his hideout in Asaba, the state capital, following intelligence reports gathered by the operatives regarding the illicit business he engaged in and during the arrest, the bottles of the highly dangerous substance were recovered.
He was said to have given more useful information to the operatives while he and the items had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID for further investigation.
He is expected to be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation into his nefarious activities.
The state police command has been grappling with the activities of various criminal groups including drug dealers, cultists, armed robbers, kidnappers, among others, and some of those arrested had been charged to courts.
