NDLEA discovers N20m worth of cannabis in warehouse

The Edo State Command of the National Drug Control Agency has discovered a large amount of dried weeds harvested from sativa cannabis in the Ugbubezi Forest. . . The drug submissions, 34 bags of compressed cannabis weighing 680 kg and 94 bags of dried weeds weighing 1316 kg with a total weight of 1,996 kg were removed from the warehouse. . . Two alleged members of the drug cartel working at the warehouse were also apprehended. The estimated value of the drug on the street is N20million. . . . One of the suspects, 45-year-old Augustine Egwutu, married with three children, said he grew plantain and pepper, but the forest fires engulfed his farm and he lost everything. . . "I could not feed my family and my landlord threatened to evict me for not being able to pay my rent, which is why I entered the cannabis business," Egwutu said. . . Gabriel Orji, 38-year-old Gabriel Orji, who grows cassava and plantain, told investigators he was joining the cannabis industry because he needed multiple sources of income. Suspects from the Delta state will soon be charged.


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