NDLEA destroys 28,959 kg of cannabis in Edo and Ekiti forests
NDLEA teams destroyed 10,534.78 kg of cannabis on 4.21 hectares at Uhen forest in Edo on 12 June 2024, arresting four suspects, and 18,425 kg on 7.37 hectares at Ise Ekiti two days later, for a combined 28,959 kg.
🇳🇬 Uhen forest and Ise Ekiti forest, Edo and Ekiti States · Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) destroyed 10,534.78 kg of
cannabis cultivated on 4.213912 hectares of farmland at Uhen forest in Ovia North
East Local Government Area of Edo State, in a raid on Wednesday 12 June 2024.[1][2]
Four suspects were arrested in the Uhen raid: Frank Ishoku, 38, Clifford Ossai, 49,
Vanger Timothy, 30, and John Peter Oluwaseyi, 30.[1][2]Officers also recovered 16 kg
of processed cannabis there for prosecution.[1][2]
Two days later, on Friday 14 June, NDLEA operatives with personnel of other security
agencies destroyed 18,425 kg of cannabis on 7.37 hectares of farmland in the thick
forest of Ise Ekiti in Ekiti State.[1][2]The two operations together removed 28,959 kg
of cannabis, as announced by agency spokesman Femi Babafemi in Abuja on Sunday.[1][2]
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