AS NDLEA AGENTS RAID A CANNABIS WAREHOUSE AND DETAIN FOUR SUSPECTS IN AN EDO STATE FOREST, MILLIONS OF NAIRA ARE LOST.

A two-day operation by NDLEA agents resulted in the destruction of massive tents and warehouses holding more than 317,417 kilograms of the psychoactive substance at clusters of cannabis syndicates operating in the Opuje forests in Edo State.

According to a statement made by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, three other people, Aigberuan Jacob, 42, Ekeinde Anthony Zaza, 53, and Naomi Patience Ohiewere, 42, were also detained in connection with the drgs. Omoruan Theophilus, a 37-year-old police impersonator who poses as a police inspector to transport the drgs from the forests to the cities, According to the NDLEA statement,

“The Opuje community in Edo State’s Owan West local government area is notorious for cannabis cultivation, where the cartels invest significant resources, destroying economically valuable trees in the forest reserves and cultivating cannabis on a large scale.