By IBIRONKE ARIYO

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed a total of 20,234 kilograms of skunk on 8.0936 hectares of cannabis farm in Osun State.

The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Babafemi said that the forest which was located at Area 4, Ife South Local Government Area of Osun State was destroyed on Sept. 30, by NDLEA operatives.

In another development, Babafemi said that a suspect was arrested on Sept. 29 at the West of Mines area of Jos North, Plateau State, following the seizure of 33 bags of skunk weighing 385kg.

Also, in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Sept. 28, raided an unoccupied compound at Divine Estate, Ago Palace, where they recovered 209,000 tablets of tramadol.

Babafemi said that a 23-year-old boy was nabbed on Sept. 30, in a follow-up operation at Ladipo Spare Parts Market following the seizure of 61 grams of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis.

“ A 24g of methamphetamine hidden in a bottle of an energy drink as a waybill package from a commercial bus driver along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway the previous day was recovered,” he said.

In Kogi, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Okene-Lokoja highway on Sept. 30, intercepted a Lagos-Abuja commuter bus and found a waybill concealing two sachets of methamphetamine weighing 1kg.

Babafemi said that in a follow-up operation, the owner of the consignment was arrested at Utako, Abuja.

Additionally, the residence of a suspect was raided at Uyere community, Ovia North-East LGA, Edo state on Friday, Oct. 2, where NDLEA officers recovered 32.2kg of cannabis sativa.

“The same day, another suspect was arrested at Auchi Bypass, Benin City, with 59 grams of Loud, 12 grams of Colorado, 19 grams of Tramadol, 16 grams of methamphetamine, 4 grams of Swinol and 4 grams of Molly.

In another development, Six years after jumping bail, 47-year-old fugitive man was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Sept. 29.

Babafemi said that the suspect was facing trial at the Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau state in connection with the possession and dealing in 198 kilograms of skunk.

He, however, jumped bail granted him by the court since December 2020 and evaded arrest since then. (NAN)

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