The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reported the destruction of approximately 10,534.78 kilograms of cannabis (commonly known as Marijuana), cultivated on 4.213912 hectares of farmland in Edo State.
According to Mr. Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson for the NDLEA, the farm was situated in the Uhen forest within the Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state.
Babafemi stated that agency operatives, who conducted the raid on Wednesday, June 12, apprehended four suspects: Frank Ishoku (38), Clifford Ossai (49), Vanger Timothy (30), and John Oluwaseyi (30). Additionally, 16 kilograms of processed cannabis were seized for prosecution purposes.
Furthermore, Babafemi noted that agency personnel destroyed an additional 18,425 kilograms of the same psychoactive substance on 7.37 hectares of farmland.
Similarly, he mentioned that personnel from sister security agencies supported the agency’s operations in the dense forest of Ise Ekiti on Friday.
“Meanwhile, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, two suspects, Muhammad Abba, 33, and Samson Ehizogie, 42, were arrested with 3,550 bottles of “Akuskura.
“This is a new mixture of psychotropic substances, seized by operatives during a raid on Friday June 14 at Garki Area 10 and Dutse Suokale, both within the FCT.”
In another development, Babafemi said that Emmanuel Ogechi, 24, was nabbed with 11,200 pills of tramadol on Wednesday, June 12, along Otukpo-Enugu road, by NDLEA operatives in Benue.
He said another suspect, Anayo Onwe, 40, was arrested with 62.4kg cannabis sativa at Nteje, saying the agency’s operatives seized 1kg of methamphetamine belonging to a fleeing suspect in Oraifite, in Anambra.
“And in Kwara State, Muhammed Musa, 24, was arrested with 33kg cannabis at Bode-Saadu, Jebba, while Shokuro Adeola, 59, was nabbed with 11.5kg of same substance along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Oyo State.”