NDLEA seizes 2,477 kg of drugs and destroys 3 farms in Edo October raids
Edo State drug command said its October operations arrested 39 suspects and seized 2,477.59 kg of narcotics, almost all cannabis, while destroying three cannabis farms covering 6.71 hectares. Eleven people were convicted in October, with 121 cases pending before the Federal High Court in Benin City.
🇳🇬 Ugbodo Forest, Ovia North East, Edo State · Nigeria
Edo State Commander Mitchell Ofoyeju, presenting the command’s October scorecard in Benin City, said intelligence-led operations arrested 39 suspected traffickers, 27 men and 12 women, and seized2,477.59 kilogrammes of narcotics.[1][2]Three cannabis farms in Ugbodo Forest in Ovia North East, covering 6.711192 hectares with an estimated yield of 16,777.98 kilogrammes, were destroyed in the same period.[1][2]
Cannabis accounted for 2,476.87 kilogrammes of the seized drugs, with the rest made up of tramadol, nitrazepam, bromazepam, diazepam, Swinol, Danabol, abandoned methamphetamine and codeine syrup.[1][2]Ofoyeju said the prosecution unit secured eleven convictions in October, filed eleven new cases, and had 121 cases pending at the Federal High Court in Benin City.[1][2]Twenty-two people with drug abuse problems received counselling, and sensitisation programmes ran in schools, the National Youth Service Corps and army and community groups.[1][2]
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