The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reported the destruction of 10,534.78 kilograms of cannabis cultivated on 4.213912 hectares of farmland in Edo State.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi stated that the farm was located in the Uhen forest within the Ovia North East Local Government Area. During a raid on June 12, NDLEA operatives arrested 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.
Babafemi also reported the destruction of another 18,425 kilograms of cannabis on 7.37 hectares of farmland. He noted that personnel from sister security agencies supported the NDLEA’s operations in the dense forests 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, Mr 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.”
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