NDLEA destroys cannabis farm in Kebbi village and arrests owner
NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence discovered and destroyed a Cannabis Sativa farm at Shingi village in Danko/Wasagu on 5 September 2019, uprooting 46 kg of cannabis. The alleged owner, 40-year-old Abdullahi Sani, was arrested and held for investigation.
🇳🇬 Shingi village, Danko/Wasagu LGA, Kebbi State · Nigeria
Acting on an intelligence report, a team of NDLEA operatives in Kebbi State on 5 September discovered and destroyed a Cannabis Sativa farm at Shingi village in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area.[1][2]The officers uprooted 46 kilograms of cannabis on the farm.[1][2]
The alleged owner of the farm, 40-year-old Abdullahi Sani, a father of six, was arrested at the village and remained in custody undergoing investigation.[1][2]The state commander, Peter Odaudu, said it was the second cannabis farm discovered in the state and called the trend a shift of Kebbi from a drug-consuming state toward gradually becoming a drug-producing one.[1][2]He recalled that in July 2018 the agency had arrested a 55-year-old native doctor, Arage Rikici, who owned a similar farm at Kukin village in Fakai Local Government Area.[1][2]He urged farmers not to grow cannabis, saying it harms soil fertility as well as being punishable by law, and asked communities to alert the authorities to cannabis plants in their area.[1][2]
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