Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its crackdown on cannabis cultivation and distribution, destroying more than 75 tonnes of the drug in recent raids spanning multiple states. According to agency spokesperson Femi Babafemi, NDLEA teams backed by soldiers and civil defence officers uprooted cannabis fields stretching across 29 hectares in Edo, Delta,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano Strategic Command, says it has arrested a 27-year-old suspect, Umar Adamu-Umar, in possession of 9 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa (Colorado) worth over N10 million. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Kano by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari. He said that…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has destroyed 24,175 kilograms of skunk on 9.67 hectares of cannabis farmland at Ikaka, Oke-Ila forest, Osun. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives had raided the area where seven suspects were arrested…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command (WMC) on Tuesday said it had seized various contraband items, with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N352 million over the past two months. The seizures include bags of foreign rice and cannabis sativa. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Comptroller Patrick Ntadi, disclosed…
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has arrested a 43-year-old woman at Lagos airport for attempting to traffic cocaine to India, as part of a broader clampdown on illegal drug activities across the country. The suspect, a self-described make-up artist, was apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Monday, 16…
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday, sentenced a 36 year-old woman, Omolara Atoyebi to one year imprisonment for dealing in 895gm of Cannabis Sativa. Delivering judgment, Justice Nkeonye Maha held that she convicted and sentenced Atoyebi based on the evidence tendered against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as well…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized 3,699 parcels of Cannabis Sativa in various locations within the state between Jan.1 and March 31. The Area Comptroller, Mr Mohammed Shuaibu, on Wednesday, handed over the drugs to Mr Olusegun Adeyeye, the Commander of the National Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA),…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tincan Island Port Command in Lagos, have intercepted a large quantity of cannabis hidden inside mattresses during a routine search of import containers. The NDLEA Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, made the disclosure in Lagos on Sunday. Ofoyeju said the illicit consignment was a product of a meticulous…
Accommodating the Rising Industrial Potential of Cannabis in Ghana Ghana’s minister of interior can now issue permits for the cultivation of cannabis, specifically for industrial purposes, while adhering to Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limits. THC is the primary psychoactive component of cannabis responsible for its “high” effect. According to Bloomberg, the law legalizing the cultivation of…
