The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 10,534.78 kilograms of cannabis cultivated on 4.213912 hectares of farmland in Edo State. The operation took place at Uhen forest in Ovia North East Local Government Area and resulted in the arrest of four suspects: Frank Ishoku, 38; Clifford Ossai, 49; Vanger Timothy, 30; and John Oluwaseyi, 30. Additionally, 16kg of processed cannabis was recovered for prosecution.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi reported on Sunday in Abuja that the agency's operatives, who raided the forest on June 12, also eradicated 18,425kg of cannabis from 7.37 hectares of farmland. The agency's efforts were supported by personnel from sister security agencies in a thick forest operation in Ise Ekiti on Friday.
In a separate operation in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, NDLEA operatives arrested Muhammad Abba, 33, and Samson Ehizogie, 42, with 3,550 bottles of "Akuskura," a new psychotropic substance, during raids in Garki Area 10 and Dutse Suokale on June 14.
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Further operations included the arrest of Emmanuel Ogechi, 24, with 11,200 pills of tramadol on June 12 along Otukpo-Enugu road in Benue, and Anayo Onwe, 40, with 62.4kg of cannabis sativa in Nteje. In Oraifite, Anambra, operatives seized 1kg of methamphetamine belonging to a fleeing suspect.
Additionally, in Kwara State, Muhammed Musa, 24, was arrested with 33kg of cannabis at Bode-Saadu, Jebba, and Shokuro Adeola, 59, was apprehended with 11.5kg of cannabis along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Oyo State.
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