NDLEA destroys 30 hectares of cannabis farms in Ogun, arrests five
Nigeria's drug agency destroyed 30 hectares of cannabis farms in the Ayepe forest reserve in Ogun State and arrested five suspects. The state commander said the farms were found through surveillance and that 46 hectares had already been cleared earlier in 2013.
🇳🇬 Ayepe forest reserve, Odogbolu, Ogun State · Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) discovered and destroyed 30 hectares of cannabis (Indian hemp) farms inside the Ayepe forest reserve in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State and arrested five persons in connection with the farms.[1]The Ogun State commander, Bala Fagge, said operatives found the farmland through intensive surveillance and investigation.[1]Fagge said the command was taking the battle to the farms to destroy cannabis under cultivation, warning that once the crop reached the market even half of it could not be recovered.[1]A second account of the command’s work says officers spent almost two days spraying more than 30 hectares of cultivated Indian hemp in the state’s forests.[2]
A year of farm destruction
Fagge said the command had seized more than 3,560kg of cannabis and destroyed 46 hectares of farms earlier in 2013 before clearing these 30 hectares.[1]He said 72 suspects had been arrested in the year, with 53 standing trial and 23 cases pending before the Federal High Court in Abeokuta.[1]The supervisor for agriculture in Odogbolu, Faith Idowu, said the council was surprised that more than 30 hectares were being used for cannabis and would campaign against its cultivation and pass information to the agency.[1]
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