Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly uncovered a cannabis plantation located at Gefen Kasa in Dawakin Kudu council area of Kano State.
While the plantation was said to have been destroyed by the NDLEA officers, a 45-year old suspect identified as Ali Muhammad was arrested over links to the farm.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, made this known in a statement released on Sunday, January 26.
He added that three other suspects were arrested with 13.1kg skunk and 125 litres of ‘suck and die’, a new psychoactive substance.
The statement partly read, “A Nigerien, Abubakar Lami, 45, with two others: Abba Sani, 35, and Auwal Aliyu, 32, were arrested by NDLEA operatives at Gadar Tamburawa, Kano, while 13.1kg skunk and 125 litres of ‘suck and die’, a new psychoactive substance were recovered from them.
“In Ekiti, a 26-year-old suspect Adepoju Taiwo was arrested by NDLEA officers on Thursday 23rd January with 1.950kg Canadian Loud at Iworoko road, Ilokun, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, while Auwal Sani was nabbed by operatives on Monday 20th January at Bode Saadu in Moro local government area of Kwara State. A total of 50,000 pills of tramadol 225mg weighing 36.56kg were recovered from him.”
