NDLEA Arrests 65 Suspects, Seizes 4582.57kg Of Narcotics In Edo State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 8, 2019
The EdoState Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says itapprehended sixty five suspected drug traffickers and seized over four thousandfive hundred kilograms of drugs.
The StateAgency’s Commander, Buba Wakawa said in Benin that the arrests and seizureswere made between July and September 2019.
He addedthat those arrested included thirty nine males and twenty six females.
Wakawaexplained that substance suspected to be Cannabis with a total weight of fourthousand five hundred kilograms accounted for the bulk of the seizures whileone kilogram of psychotropic substance was also seized.
TheCommander said that within the period under review, the command discovered anddestroyed eleven farmlands measuring five hectares on which cannabis sativa wasbeing cultivated.