By Damilare Adeleye
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly raided Illushi forest in Esan South East local government area in Edo State.
It was learnt that raid led to the destruction of 10,590.36kg cannabis spread on 4.236144 hectares of farmland.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday.
He stated that two suspects including Benson Upuoni (65) and Sunday Nwaeboyi (35) were arrested during the operation.
Similarly, In Bauchi state, a 33-year-old suspect, Sunday Jonathan Ogenyi, was arrested along Bauchi-Jos road with 76,600 pills of tramadol concealed in false compartments of his Toyota Sienna vehicle marked Enugu JRV 341 ZY.
Babafemi added, “NDLEA operatives in Ondo state on Tuesday 15th October arrested three suspects: Goddey Obizuo; Samuel Aniete; and Kuffrey Aniete at Afo village where 672kg cannabis sativa was seized from them.”
“In Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Tuesday 15th October arrested Andrew Joseph Anoriode with 3kg methamphetamine and 1.90kg cannabis along Lagos – Ibadan expressway while 241kg of same substance was recovered at Gbaji, Badagry area of the state.
“A suspected meth cook, Agbeiboh Oscar, was nabbed same Tuesday at Abule Osun with 265grams of methamphetamine and different quantities of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine and others,” the statement read.