Nigeria
Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, destroyed 24 tonnes of cannabis in
two months in Ondo State, the Commander, Mr. Mohammed Sokoto, said in
Akure Wednesday.
Sokoto said the command seized 3,278kg of cannabis concealed in 298 bags along Owo-Ogbese Road during a patrol by NDLEA agents.
He said the cannabis was concealed in a
Mercedez Benz truck with registration number MUS 207 XA to avoid it
being noticed by security agents.
Sokoto said the command was able to
discover the product through intelligence reports forwarded to it and
advised members of the public to continue to assist the agency with
information.
He promised that the agency would treat information it received with utmost “confidentiality’’.
“The vehicle was specifically designed;
the volume or the quantity of seizure is not the most important but the
mode of concealment.
“The compartment of the haulage was divided into two; the outer part is used to park legitimate items as camouflage.
“Unfortunately, for the vehicle driver,
intelligence report had already reached us and we searched the vehicle
and found cannabis in it.
“In the recent past, we have destroyed a
lot of cannabis farms, about 24,000kg of cannabis have been destroyed
in the last two months.
“It is the civic responsibility of members of the public to render assistance to the relevant authority,” he said.
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