NDLEA DESTROYS 25 HECTARES OF CANNABIS FARM

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 25
hectares of Indian hemp farm and arrested four persons at Aniwen
village of Wukari Local Government of Taraba.

The state Commander of the agency, Alhaji Baba Husseini, who announced
this in Jalingo on Wednesday, said the suspects would soon be
arraigned for cultivating hard drugs.

Husseini said some farms in eight more local government areas of the
state had been discovered to be producing the drug and that the
command would destroy all of them.

He said that owing to the difficult terrain, the command would require
no less than N500,000 and 25 personnel to destroy the farms in the
state.

The commander said his priority in the last few months had been to
identify and destroy all Indian hemp farms in the state.

He, however, expressed dismay over the indifference shown by
stakeholders in the state towards curbing the menace of drug
cultivation, marketing and consumption. He, however, reiterated the
command's commitment to flushing out those involved in the illegal
act.