NDLEA destroys five cannabis farms across 2.27 ha in Edo
The Edo State Command of Nigeria's NDLEA destroyed five cannabis farms covering 2.269668 hectares in Usen, Igwe-Oke and Ogboha forests and arrested three suspects in separate operations announced on 14 September 2026. The command put the farms' estimated yield at 5,674.17 kg and separately seized 7.1 kg of cannabis with tramadol, codeine and diazepam consignments.
🇳🇬 Usen, Igwe-Oke and Ogboha forests, Edo State · Nigeria
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency destroyed five cannabis farms and arrested three suspected drug traffickers in separate operations across the state.[1][2]State commander Mitchell Ofoyeju disclosed the results in a statement to journalists in Benin City on 14 September 2026.[1]
Two farms measuring 0.928744 hectares were at Monday Camp in Usen Forest, Ovia South-West, two covering 1.004278 hectares were at Igwe-Oke Forest in Owan East, and one of 0.336646 hectares was at Ogboha Forest in Owan West.[1][2]The five plantations covered a combined 2.269668 hectares with an estimated yield of 5,674.17 kg of cannabis.[1][2]Ofoyeju said the farms were gradually taking over the forests and urged local government chairmen to collaborate against illicit cultivation.[1]
During the raid on the Ogboha Forest farm, operatives arrested 39-year-old Sunday Segun.[1]In a separate operation at Bob-Izua Park, New Road, Okada, officers arrested Hassan Mohammed with 7.1 kg of cannabis, three knives and charms.[1]The command also intercepted a vehicle at Auchi carrying 590 bottles of codeine syrup, 50,000 capsules of Tramadol 100 mg, 100 tablets of Tramadol 225 mg and 25,000 tablets of Diazepam, arresting 25-year-old Jamie Zubaru.[1]
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Photograph published with the report on the NDLEA operation against cannabis farms in Edo State.Photo details
The kg figure is the command's estimated yield of 5,674.17 kg from the destroyed farms, not a weighed seizure total; a separate 7.1 kg cannabis seizure is reported in the text but not added to the figure.
The farms were destroyed in the two weeks before the 14 September announcement; no single raid day was given.
The command's October monthly roundup of 10 farms and 42 arrests in September covers a wider result and is a different event left out here.
The NDLEA's Nasarawa State command destroyed cannabis farms of about 1.5 hectares each in Awe and Kokona Local Government Areas, its new commander CN Saidu Daniel said at Government House, Lafia. Governor Abdullahi Sule told the agency to search out and destroy cannabis farms on ungoverned land in the state.
NDLEA and soldiers destroyed a cannabis plantation covering 1.646 hectares at Eko Camp, near Illushi, Edo, on 28 October 2026. The agency estimated a potential yield of 4,115.53 kg and reported arresting a 50-year-old woman with 301 kg of processed cannabis.
State CID operatives on anti-crime patrol arrested Aondaver Dominic, Sylvanus Umoor and Peter Tar at Sabongida Bature and Gidan Kparev villages in Kadarko, Keana LGA, on 22 October 2026, recovering dry and fresh leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. A search of a garden behind the suspects' residence found more cannabis allegedly under cultivation; all exhibits were secured for NDLEA handover.
The NDLEA destroyed two cannabis farms in Ugbada Forest, Uzebba, on 18 October 2026, burning 450 kg of processed cannabis and keeping 97 kg as exhibits. A 42-year-old woman was arrested nearby with 35 kg.
