NDLEA arrests 39 and destroys two farms in Edo May raids
NDLEA's Edo command said its May 2025 operations arrested 39 suspects, destroyed two cannabis farms covering 0.782961 hectares and seized 1,133.337 kg of cannabis, led by a 1,115 kg interception at Oke.
🇳🇬 Uzebba and Ohosu forests, Owan West and Ovia South West, Edo State · Nigeria
NDLEA Edo State Commander Mitchell Ofoyeju, presenting the command’s first
monthly operational scorecard in Benin City on 9 June 2025, said
intelligence-led operations in May led to 39 arrests, comprising 18 males and
21 females.[1][2][3]
Two cannabis farms measuring a combined 0.782961 hectares were destroyed in
the Uzebba and Ohosu forests across Owan West and Ovia South West, with the
Uzebba farm covering 0.265874 hectares and the Ohosu farm 0.517087
hectares.[1][2]
The command seized1,303.8858 kg of illicit drugs in total, of which
1,133.337 kg was cannabis sativa, alongside psychotropic substances,
methamphetamine, cocaine, codeine cough syrup and pentazocine.[2]The
highlight was the interception of seventy-four and a half bags of cannabis
sativa weighing 1,115 kg at Oke community in Ohunwude Local Government Area,
for which 33-year-old Isaac Israel and 19-year-old Precious Zion were
arrested.[1][2][3]In a separate raid at Oluku in Benin City, 18-year-old
Nigerien Mohammed Isah was arrested with four grams of methamphetamine, 54
grams of cannabis, six grams of tramadol and 28 grams of Exol-5.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No charges, court dates or convictions for the 39 suspects were reported.
Non-cannabis quantities in the same monthly total are excluded from the cannabis figures.
One outlet places the Ohosu farm in Ovia South East rather than Ovia South West; this report uses Ovia South West as stated by the agency and two other accounts.
The commander's breakdown gives a combined 0.782961 hectares while rounded accounts say 0.783 hectares; this report uses 0.782961.
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