Nigeria's drug agency announced on 8 February 2010 that its Osun State Command had destroyed more than 155 hectares of Indian hemp farms worth N5 billion across the state. In a separate operation officers recovered 600 kg of hemp worth about N150 million from one Steven Enenwe.
The Osun State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) destroyed more than 155 hectares of Indian hemp farms worth N5 billion at different locations across the state, state commander Wosilat Audu said in a statement in Osogbo reported on 8 February 2010.[1]In a separate operation, an agency patrol working with other security agents discovered a fresh cannabis farm where 600 kg of Indian hemp worth about N150 million was recovered from one Steven Enenwe.[1]
For context, the statement gave the command’s 2009 totals of 208 suspectsarrested over cultivation and possession, of whom 45 had been convicted and 33 cases were pending.[1]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The 8 February 2010 publication date is used as the report date; the operations were announced in a statement the previous day with no separate dates given.
Only this one report of the announcement was found, so no second outlet confirms the figures.
The article's headline covers its cocaine lead; the cannabis items reported inside it are the subject here.
Whether Steven Enenwe was arrested when the 600 kg was recovered from him was not stated.
The same article reports Kwara Command 2009 totals and separate Lagos airport cocaine seizures, which are different events left out here.
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NDLEA and soldiers destroyed a cannabis plantation covering 1.646 hectares at Eko Camp, near Illushi, Edo, on 28 October 2026. The agency estimated a potential yield of 4,115.53 kg and reported arresting a 50-year-old woman with 301 kg of processed cannabis.
State CID operatives on anti-crime patrol arrested Aondaver Dominic, Sylvanus Umoor and Peter Tar at Sabongida Bature and Gidan Kparev villages in Kadarko, Keana LGA, on 22 October 2026, recovering dry and fresh leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. A search of a garden behind the suspects' residence found more cannabis allegedly under cultivation; all exhibits were secured for NDLEA handover.
The NDLEA destroyed two cannabis farms in Ugbada Forest, Uzebba, on 18 October 2026, burning 450 kg of processed cannabis and keeping 97 kg as exhibits. A 42-year-old woman was arrested nearby with 35 kg.
