Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, have destroyed two cannabis farms in Ago Forest, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state.
The state commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, in a statement on Monday, said the cannabis plantations had a yield of 1,388.42 kilograms, adding that four suspected drug traffickers were also arrested in the past one week.
No arrests were made at the farm as the cultivators were not present during the raid.
In separate operations, three female and one male suspected drug traffickers were apprehended during raids at the back of the Oredo Local Government Secretariat in Benin City, the Oloku area of the metropolis, and Uduwuga in Uhumwonde Local Government Area.
The suspects were arrested with various quantities of cannabis sativa, cannabis loud, Colorado, methamphetamine, and tramadol.
In addition to enforcement, the NDLEA Edo State Command, in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission, conducted a three-day school-based prevention and sensitisation programme in Benin City focused on “Drug Abuse as a Catalyst to Secret Cultism and Related Anti-Social Vices.” Participating schools included Edo College, Western Boys High School, and Uselu Grammar School, with facilitators drawn from the NDLEA, the Nigeria Police Force, and Everlink Network.
