NDLEA seizes 34,030 kg of cannabis in Akure warehouse, arrests two
NDLEA officers evacuated 34,030 kg of cannabis from a warehouse in Akure's Shagari Housing Estate on 12 March 2015, the largest single seizure in Ondo State, and arrested two suspects. The agency put the street value at 364 million naira.
🇳🇬 Shagari Housing Estate warehouse, Akure, Ondo State · Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agencyseized34,030 kg of cannabis, locally called Indian hemp, from a warehouse in Akure on Thursday 12 March 2015, acting on a tip-off about suspicious activity at the Shagari Housing Estate in the state capital.[1][2]The agency called it the largest single haul since its Ondo State Command was established and put the street value at 364 million naira.[1][2]
Ondo NDLEA commander Ibrahim Abdul described the seizure as massive.[1]Officers began evacuating the drugs at 4 a.m. with twelve vehicles, and the operation lasted more than twelve hours; Abdul said three sensitive plantation-destruction operations were running at the same time.[1][2]Two suspects, Collins Nmor, 35, and Godday Chibuzor, 27, were arrested and were assisting investigators.[1][2]
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A later investigative account dates this raid to Thursday 9 April 2015; the contemporary report dates it to Thursday 12 March 2015, which this report uses.
No charge, trial or court outcome for Collins Nmor and Godday Chibuzor was reported in these sources.
The commander said three plantation-destruction operations were running at the same time; they are separate events left out here.
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