NDLEA Destroys Over 24,000kg of Skunk in Edo Forests

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed approximately 24,146 kilograms of skunk in various forest locations across Edo State.

This was revealed in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi.

According to Babafemi, on Tuesday, September 23, NDLEA operatives destroyed 12,115.6kg of skunk cultivated on 4.846244 hectares of cannabis farmland in the Uromi forest, located in Esan West Local Government Area. Two suspects were apprehended during the operation, and an additional 345.5kg of processed skunk was seized.

The following day, September 24, another 12,031.245kg of skunk was destroyed in the Ogu forest, Igueben LGA, with 106.1kg of processed cannabis recovered.

In a separate operation, NDLEA officers intercepted a truck carrying 82 bags of skunk weighing 1,025kg. The bags were hidden among sacks of charcoal and were seized along the Wareke–Auchi road in Etsako West LGA. Two suspects were also arrested in connection with this seizure.

Elsewhere, on Saturday, September 27, two suspects were arrested along the Zaria–Kano road at Gadar Tamburawa in Kano State. They were found with 30,030 pills of tramadol.

Additionally, on Monday, September 22, three suspects were apprehended at the Swali Jetty in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Officers recovered 12kg of skunk and 50 Diana AAA cartridges during the operation.

In another incident, NDLEA officers arrested a 45-year-old ex-convict on Thursday, September 25, at his residence on 24 Oke-Igele Street in Ikere Ekiti. He was found in possession of 32kg of skunk and 10.5 grams of tramadol. The suspect had previously been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison in 2016 for a similar drug trafficking offence.

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