Agency seizes 63 bags of Cannabis in Edo State

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted no less than 63 bags of Cannabis Sativa, weighing 600 kilogrammes and stored in a house at Okpe village in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA) in Edo state.

The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said that the drugs were recovered on Friday, March 31, when operatives raided the area.

He further disclosed that a raid of a warehouse, owned by one Shehi Mallam at Tomato market, Dei Dei, Abuja, on the same day led to the seizure of 80 sacks of Cannabis Sativa, weighing 842.4 kilogrammes.

“In Cross River, 12,000 pills of Tramadol (225mg) were seized from a female passenger, Talatu Sale Adamu, 46.

“Th NDLEA officers intercepted the commercial bus she was travelling in along Ogoja/Katsina-Ala road on Monday, 27th March.”

Babafemi said that a suspect, Abraham Alaigwu, was arrested at Slaughter, Trans/Amadi area of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, with 91.7 kilogrammes of cannabis.

He said that the suspect was arrested on Thursday, March 30, adding that 228 kilogrammes of the same substance were seized from Ayodele Osuya, 35, in a Toyota Camry car around Quarter Guard area of Akure, Ondo state

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