NDLEA Arrests 4, Destroys 2 Cannabis Farms In Edo

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, have destroyed two cannabis plantations with a yield of 1,388.42 kg and arrested four suspected drug traffickers in the past one week.
The Commander of Narcotics, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who is also the NDLEA Edo State commander, disclosed this on Monday, detailing the command’s achievements across the state.
According to Commander Ofoyeju, NDLEA personnel, acting on credible intelligence, raided the Ago Forest in the Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, where two large cannabis farms were located.
The farms were completely destroyed. The estimated yield of the illicit farm was put at 1,388.4175 kilograms. No arrests were made at the scene.
In a separate operation, three suspected females and one male drug traffickers were apprehended during raids in Benin City, the Oloku area of the metropolis, and Uduwuga in the Uhumwonde Local Government Area.
The suspects are Eniye Osague, 25, female; Osaretin Erabor, 43, female; Vivian Chukwuma, 38, female; and Osigwe Omogie, a 44-year-old man.
Osague was arrested behind the Oredo LGA Secretariat, Benin City, on 15th May 2026. Exhibits found on her are 272 grams of Scottish loud. Erabor was also apprehended behind the Oredo LGA Secretariat on the same day with 914 grams of cannabis sativa.
Chukwuma, who was arrested at the Hausa Quarters, Oluku, Benin City, was found with 315 grams of cannabis loud, 22 grams of Colorado, 38 grams of methamphetamine, and 30 grams of Tramadol 100 mg.
The fourth suspect, Omogie, was caught with 113 grammes of Cannabis sativa, 8 grammes of loud and 5 grammes of tramadol.
Meanwhile, the NDLEA Edo State Command, in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has conducted a three-day School-Based Prevention and Sensitisation Programme in Benin City.
The programme, with the theme, “Anti-Cultism/Drug Abuse in Secondary Schools,” focused on the topic “Drug Abuse as a Catalyst to Secret Cultism and Related Anti-Social Vices.”
The participating schools included Edo College, Western Boys High School, and Uselu Grammar School, all in Benin City, with a total student population of 1,505 males and 250 females. Facilitators for the programme were drawn from the NDLEA, the Nigeria Police Force, and Ever link Network.