NDLEA destroys 14,000 kg of cannabis in Osun forest reserve and arrests three
On 2 October 2025 NDLEA officers raided the Owena/Ijesha forest reserve in Osun State, destroying 14,000 kg of cannabis on 5.6 hectares of plantation and recovering 142 kg. Three suspects were arrested, the agency said in its 5 October statement.
🇳🇬 Owena/Ijesha forest reserve, Oriade LGA, Osun State · Nigeria
On Thursday 2 October 2025, NDLEA officers raided the Owena/Ijesha forest reserve in Osun
State, where they destroyed 14,000 kilogrammes of cannabis on 5.6 hectares of plantation and
recovered 142 kilogrammes of the same substance.[1][2]Three suspects were arrested:
Chuimieze Shedrack, 28, Sunday John, 25, and Solomon Okopko, 27.[1][2]
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi disclosed the raid in an agency statement issued on Sunday
5 October.[1][2]The reports name no charges or court outcome for the three suspects.[1][2]The same statement describes separate NDLEA operations in Edo and Abuja.[1][2]It also
describes an Ogun raid where 112 kilogrammes of cannabis were seized with other drugs.[2]
Those are different events left out of this report.
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