NDLEA destroys five cannabis farms in Edo and arrests two farmers
The NDLEA's Edo command destroyed five cannabis farms measuring 4.3864 hectares in Ikhin forest and Ugbogui forest in early August 2018. Officers arrested two farmers, Orhiowobho Isaac and Bayode Ohiomokhe, who were to be charged in court.
🇳🇬 Ikhin forest, Owan East LGA and Ugbogui forest, Ovia South West LGA, Edo State · Nigeria
The Edo State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency destroyed five cannabis farms measuring 4.3864 hectares.[1][2]Three of the farms stood in Ikhin forest in Owan East Local Government Area, and two were found in Ugbogui forest in Ovia South West Local Government Area.[1][2]State commander Buba Wakawa confirmed the operation on Wednesday, saying drug barons had suffered serious setbacks with the farms destroyed.[1][2]
Officers arrested two suspected cannabis farmers in connection with the farms at Ikhin forest.[1][2]The men were named as 41-year-old Orhiowobho Isaac and 34-year-old Bayode Ohiomokhe.[1][2]Isaac, arrested in a hut inside a cannabis farm, said he was cultivating cannabis for the first time to pay for medical treatment and his family’s upkeep.[1]Ohiomokhe, a former commercial motorcyclist, said it was his second attempt at cannabis cultivation after a fatal accident ended his riding work.[1]
Wakawa said the arrests and the destruction were part of efforts to reduce illicit drugs in the state, adding that any attempt to jeopardise food security would be highly resisted.[1][2]He said the two farmers would soon be charged in court.[1][2]
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The two arrested farmers, Orhiowobho Isaac and Bayode Ohiomokhe, as pictured by the outletPhoto details
The exact date of the destruction was not stated, and the commander announced it on Wednesday 8 August 2018, which this report uses as an approximate date.
No count of the plants on the five farms was published.
The reports say the two men will soon be charged, but no charges or court outcome were reported.
The same articles report a separate interception of 234 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 140 kilograms at Otuo village, bound for Kaduna State, and that seizure is a different event left out here.
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