NDLEA destroys 246 tonnes of cannabis on seven farms in Ekiti
The NDLEA's Ekiti State command destroyed 246 tonnes of cannabis on seven farms at Ode-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local Government Area, after uncovering seventeen farms in all. No growers were found, and ten farms were left standing for lack of logistics, the commander said.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s Ekiti State command destroyed 246 tonnes of cannabis sativa on farms at Ode-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local Government Area.[1]The state commander, Alhaji Bage Bamaiyi, announced the destruction in an interview in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday 1 August 2017.[1]
Officers acting on information had placed seventeen farms under surveillance.[1]Three mapped farms measuring 42.66 hectares and four unmapped farms measuring 8.05 hectares were destroyed, yielding 205 tonnes of mapped cannabis and 41 tonnes of unmapped cannabis.[1]The growers were not found in their hideouts.[1]
Bamaiyi said the remaining ten farms could not be destroyed for lack of logistics, but would be visited once logistics were available.[1]He appealed to all levels of government to fund, staff and equip the agency, and assured the public of the command’s determination to eliminate cannabis planting and peddling in the state.[1]
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