NDLEA destroys 10 hectares of cannabis at Ogbese camp
NDLEA operatives raided the Oloro camp at Ogbese in Ondo State, arresting 50-year-old Linus Odogwu and destroying 25,000 kilogrammes of cannabis on 10 hectares of farmland while recovering 89.5 kilogrammes of processed cannabis.
🇳🇬 Oloro camp, Ogbese, Akure North LGA, Ondo State · Nigeria
In a Sunday statement on 21 April 2024, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said
operatives had raided the Oloro camp at Ogbese in Akure North Local Government
Area of Ondo State.[1][2]
Officers arrested 50-year-old Linus Odogwu at the camp and destroyed a total
of 25,000 kilogrammes of cannabis growing on 10 hectares of farmland, while
recovering 89.5 kilogrammes of processed cannabis.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The reports give 21 April 2024 as the announcement date; no separate date for the Ogbese raid was published.
Both outlets carry the same NDLEA statement, which leads with a heroin-cartel arrest; the heroin operations and other seizures in that statement are separate events left out here.
No charges or court outcome for Linus Odogwu were reported.
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