The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered a warehouse of cannabis Sativa, in the suburb of Guma local government area of Benue state.
The agency also intercepted a truckload of the same illicit drug in another part of the state.
While giving a breakdown of the seizure to the chairman of the agency, General Buba Marwa, the state commander of NDLEA, Florence Ezeonye, said that the total number of bags of cannabis seized during the operation weighed 1,578 kilograms.
According to her, “operatives of the Benue state command, intercepted in Makurdi, an empty trailer from Awka, Anambra state heading to Lafia, Nasarawa state but when properly searched, 600 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 600kg were discovered in a compartment constructed under the truck.”
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She further disclosed that “another seizure was made when the officers stormed a warehouse filled with drugs harvested by some farmers at the suburb of Guma LGA by 3am.
The total number of the illicit drug evacuated from the warehouse weighed 978kg.
The agency says there was gun battle with the drug Lord but there was no casualty.”
(Edited by : Tunde Orebiyi)
