On Wednesday 14 August 2024, NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers, other security agencies and community youths raided the Ise forest reserve at Saalaja camp in Ise-Ekiti.[1][2] They destroyed 21,800 kilograms of cannabis growing on 20 hectares of farmland.[1][2] Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi announced the raid in Abuja on Sunday 18 August as part of a week of operations across several states.[1][2] No arrests in the Ise raid were reported.[1][2]
NDLEA destroys 21,800 kg of cannabis in Ise forest reserve
NDLEA operatives with soldiers and community youths raided the Ise forest reserve at Saalaja camp in Ise-Ekiti on 14 August 2024 and destroyed 21,800 kilograms of cannabis growing on 20 hectares. Spokesman Femi Babafemi announced the raid in Abuja on 18 August as part of a week of operations.
🇳🇬 Ise forest reserve, Saalaja camp, Ise-Ekiti, Ekiti State · Nigeria
- Area
- 20 ha
- Cannabis
- 21.8 t
- Agency
- NDLEA
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Area
- 20 ha
- Cannabis
- 21.8 t
- Agency type
- Anti-narcotics agency, Military
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (21.8 t)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Forest or wild land
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- Platform Timesplatformtimes.com.ngArchived copy70-Year-Old Man, Three Others Arrested For Cannabis Cultivation On Six Hectares In Ogun
- Realnews Magazinerealnewsmagazine.netArchived copyNDLEA recovers N6.2bn codeine consignment at Onne Port
Open questions the AI reported
- No arrests in the Ise forest raid were reported.
- Every account traces to the NDLEA statement of 18 August; no independent account of the raid was found.
- The tramadol, codeine, pentazocine and Enugu cannabis cases in the same agency statement are separate events left out here.
