A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja, said that drugs were found on 1.577683 hectares of farmland.
Babafemi said that operatives raided the Oloma-Okpe forest in Akoko Edo Local Government Area (LGA) and destroyed 3,944.2075 kilogrammes of cannabis on the farmland.
Also, NDLEA operatives in Edo state on Thursday, March 14, arrested a suspect, Kole Samuel, 50.
Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested with 75kg of psychoactive substance at market area, Otuo, Owan East LGA.
In the same vein, at least, 24kg of cannabis was seized from the driver of a transport company, Ikechukwu Obliged, at Sagamu Interchange, Ogun state, by NDLEA operatives on Wednesday, March 13.
Babafemi said that two suspects: Ali Amadu, 27, and Adamu Hassan, 33, were nabbed with a total of 125.3kg of cannabis; 3,400 pills of tramadol; and 30 bottles of codeine syrup in Kano State.
“They were arrested on Monday, March 11, at Gadar Tamburawa area, and Friday 15th March, at Tsamiya Babba, Hotoro, respectively.
“118 kilogrammes of cannabis were recovered from a warehouse in Masaka area of Nasarawa state on Saturday, March 16.
Meanwhile, With the same vigour, the various commands of the Agency across the country continued the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), advocacy campaign in the past week.
“Some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture for students and teachers of Government Day Secondary School, Michika, Adamawa; students and staff of Nana Aisha Secondary School, Damaturu, Yobe.
“Students of Dee Unique International School, Abesan, Ipaja, Lagos and students and staff of Purple Crown Secondary School, Uwani, Enugu were not left out in the WADA advocacy, among others.
Babafemi quoted the NDLEA chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, as applauding the officers and men in all the commands across the country for intensifying their WADA advocacy lectures.
This, he said, was an added advantage for students and youths, thus creating a fair balance between the agency drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts. (NAN)
