Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered a warehouse of cannabis sativa in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
They also intercepted a truckload of the same illicit drug in the state.
Announcing the discovery, the Benue State Commander of NDLEA, Mrs. Florence Ezeonye, said the total number of bags of cannabis seized during the operation weighs 1,578 kilogram.
“Operatives of the NDLEA Benue State Command intercepted in Makurdi, an empty trailer from Awka, Anambra State, heading to Lafia, Nasarawa State but when properly searched, 600 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa, weighing 600kg, were discovered in a compartment constructed under the flat belly of the truck. The mode of concealment was first of its kind.
“Another seizure was made when our men stormed a warehouse filled with drugs harvested by some farmers at the suburb of Guma LGA by 3am. The total number of the illicit drugs evacuated from the warehouse weighs 978kg. The drug dealers shot at my men on sighting them but their attack was repelled and as such we did not record any casualty,” she said.
