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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed nary less than 24,146 kg of Skunk successful Edo forests.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, stated this successful a property merchandise connected Sunday successful Abuja.
Babafemi said that NDLEA officers connected Tuesday, Sept. 23 destroyed a full of 12,115.6kg of skunk connected 4.846244 hectares of cannabis plantation astatine Uromi wood successful Esan West LGA successful Edo.
He said 2 suspects were arrested and 345.5kg of processed substance was evacuated.
Additionally, astatine Ogu Forest, Igueben LGA, Edo, 12,031.245kg of the aforesaid psychoactive substance was destroyed connected September 24, with 106.1kg of processed consignment evacuated.
“A motortruck conveying 82 bags of skunk concealed successful bags of charcoal with a full value of 1,025kg was intercepted by NDLEA operatives on Wareke-Auchi road, Etsako West LGA successful Edo.”
He said 2 suspects were arrested successful transportation with the seizure.
According to him, 2 much suspects were arrested connected Saturday, Sept. 27, on the Zaria–Kano road, successful Gadar Tamburawa, Kano State.
Babafemi said that 30,030 pills of tramadol were seized from them.
He besides spoke of 3 suspects arrested by NDLEA operatives astatine Swali Jetty, Yenagoa, Bayelsa, connected Monday, September 22.
This, helium said, was aft 12kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis and 50 Diana AAA cartridges were recovered from them.
In the aforesaid vein, a 45-year-old ex-convict was arrested connected Thursday, Sept. 25, by NDLEA officers astatine his 24 Oke-Igele Street, Ikere Ekiti home.
Babafemi said that the fishy was recovered successful possession of 32kg of skunk and 10.5grams of tramadol.
He said that the fishy had been convicted and sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment for a akin cause trafficking offence successful 2016.
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