Drug agency burns hemp farm in Benue
The National Drug
Law Enforcement Agency has set two hectares of cannabis farm ablaze at
a village in the Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agency’s operatives who could not remove
the weeds from the farmland due to logistic problems, had to set the
illicit drug on fire.
The state’s
commander of the drug agency, Samuel Azige, said that the suspected
hemp farmer who confessed that he deliberately cultivated hemp among
pepper plants to avoid attention has been arrested.
He said 224 kg of cannabis was taken from the suspect to serve as an exhibit for possible prosecution.
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