NDLEA seizes 1,996 kg of cannabis in Edo warehouse
NDLEA officers traced a cannabis warehouse in Ugbubezi Forest, Owan West, and evacuated 1,996 kilograms of compressed and dried cannabis worth more than N20 million, arresting two suspected cartel workers. The command said the warehouse stored cannabis for transport to buyers across the country.
🇳🇬 Ugbubezi Forest, Owan West LGA, Edo State · Nigeria
Officers of the NDLEA’s Edo State command discovered a warehouse holding a large quantity of harvested cannabis in Ugbubezi Forest, Owan West Local Government Area, acting on an intelligence report.[1][2]A team of more than 70 officers evacuated the drugs, which the command valued at more than N20 million.[1][2]
The exhibits comprised 34 bags of compressed cannabis weighing 680 kilograms and 94 bags of dried weeds weighing 1,316 kilograms, 1,996 kilograms in total.[1][2]Two suspected members of the drug cartel working at the warehouse were apprehended and questioned.[1][2]
The suspects, identified as 45-year-old Augustine Egwutu and 38-year-old Gabriel Orji, said they were farmers who had turned to the cannabis business out of poverty after losing their food crops.[1]The state commander, Buba Wakawa, said the command had spread its dragnet for other cartel members and warned that there was no safe haven for traffickers in the state.[1][2]
Case data
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