NDLEA Arrests 16 suspects with 96kg of Indian Hemp in Niger State
16 suspects in Niger State have been arrested by The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for being in possession of 96.55 kilogramme of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
The state Commander of the agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Abdul, said in Minna, the state capital that the arrests were made in various parts of the state last month.
He said: “The Niger command of NDLEA carried out a number of raids and routine stop and search operations in November 2013.
“The operations led to arrest of 16 suspects and a seizure of 96.55 kilogramme of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) and one kilogramme of psycho tropic substances,” he said.
Abdul said that about 800 grammes seeds of Indian hemp were also impounded from an illicit hemp farmer in Babana, a border town with Benin Republic in Kainji Local Government Area.
He pointed out that the agency had charged the suspects to court.
The state Commander of the agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Abdul, said in Minna, the state capital that the arrests were made in various parts of the state last month.
He said: “The Niger command of NDLEA carried out a number of raids and routine stop and search operations in November 2013.
“The operations led to arrest of 16 suspects and a seizure of 96.55 kilogramme of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) and one kilogramme of psycho tropic substances,” he said.
Abdul said that about 800 grammes seeds of Indian hemp were also impounded from an illicit hemp farmer in Babana, a border town with Benin Republic in Kainji Local Government Area.
He pointed out that the agency had charged the suspects to court.
NDLEA Arrests 16 suspects with 96kg of Indian Hemp in Niger State
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