- Three suspects were apprehended on Thursday
A minimum of 3,065.255 kilograms of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) were destroyed on two farms in the Amahor waterside forest in the Igueben area of Edo state, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Three suspects—James Thankgod, Wisdom James, and Akpa Festus—were apprehended on Thursday, March 28, in connection to the farms.
Additionally, during a raid on Oloma-Okpe forest in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State, 278 kilograms of the same substance intended for Idoani in Ondo State were seized.
Furthermore, along the Isua/Kabba road in the Idoani area of Ose LGA, Ondo State, at least 127.5 kilograms of cannabis, loaded in a Volkswagen Vento saloon car with license plate NTT 215 AA, were intercepted.
In another development, Mr Babafemi said a 30-year-old female suspect, Chinasa Christopher, was arrested with 400 bottles of codeine syrup in the Sabon Gari area of Kano.
Mr Babafemi said the owner of a consignment of illicit drugs intercepted along Zaria-Kano road, Bakura Goni, was arrested at Mile 2 market in Lagos on Tuesday, March 26.
He said Mr Goni, caught during a follow-up operation, had been flown to Kano to face charges.
“The consignment, consisting of cannabis and tramadol, weighing 73.8kg, was earlier seized in a truck conveying it from Lagos to Kano,“ he said.
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