Officers of the Delta State Police Command have nabbed a 49-year-old woman accused of drugging a nursing mother and absconding with her two-month-old baby boy.

The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olufemi Abaniwonda, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Command headquarters in Asaba on Thursday.

He confirmed that the baby had been rescued and reunited with his family.

According to Abaniwonda, the incident occurred on February 16, 2025, when the victim, a 20-year-old mother, embarked on a business trip from Koko to Warri with a woman identified as Mrs. Joy.

"On 7th April 2025 at about 10:00 hours, the DPO of Ekpan Police Station received a complaint that a young mother who travelled with one Mrs. Joy had been drugged with juice laced with sedatives. The suspect then absconded with her two-month-old son while she was unconscious," the police chief stated.

Acting on credible intelligence, the Ekpan Police Division launched an investigation that led to the arrest of the suspect.

Abaniwonda said the woman confessed during interrogation to kidnapping the infant.

"The baby, now five months old, was found in good health and has been handed back to his parents," he added.

The suspect remains in police custody as investigations continue.