The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested seven drug barons operating four large warehouses in Ukpuje forest, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, where a total of 16, 344 bags of cannabis and seeds, weighing 233, 778kg were seized, in addition to two pump-action and one double-barrel gun.
In a statement by the agency, the Edo State Commander of the anti-drug agency, Buba Wakawa, described the seizure as the largest single concentration of cannabis discovered by the command With an estimated street value of over an N1.4billion.
He gave the breakdown of the drugs as follows: 318 bags of 80kg each weighing 25,440kg; 15,853 bags of 13kg weighing 206,089kg. However, while the total quantity seized is 2,249kg, others weighing 231,529kg were destroyed inside the warehouses.
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While reacting to the arrest Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, General Buba Marwa, (retired) warned drug barons and traffickers still unrelenting in their illicit trade that his agency is equally poised to smoke them out of their hiding places and make them face the consequences of their crime.
(Editor:Abaje Usewke)
