NDLEA destroys Indian hemp farm in Kogi

NDLEA destroys Indian hemp farm in Kogi

The Kogi State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in north central Nigeria has destroyed 10 hectares of Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) farm, estimated at several millions of naira, along Ironda- Isanlu road in Yagba East local government area of the state.

The State Commander of NDLEA, Alhaji Idris Bello who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen at the state command headquarters in Lokoja, said the Kabba Area Command had discovered the farm on a tip- off.

Bello explained that the men of the command had placed surveillance on the farm until the farmer, one Kehinde Olorunmonu was arrested.

The State Commander stated that a combined team of State and Kabba Area commands uprooted the fresh cannabis sativa and set them ablaze. 
 
Estimated cost

The destroyed cannabis was valued at 5 million naira at off-season period and over 2 million naira when in season.
 
The suspected farmer, Kehinde Olorunmonu who hails from Mopo in Isanlu in the state admitted that he owned the marijuana farm, and that he ventured into it after he had dropped the business of buying and selling.

Olorunmonu is a 38-year-old applicant and father of three.

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