NDLEA Storms Edo Forests, Razes Cannabis Warehouses, Arrests Four Suspects *Seizes $269,000 fake dollars in joint operation with EFCC in Lagos Michael Olugbode in Abuja Barely hours after the Chairman/Chief Executive Office
Barely hours after the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa vowed to make life tough for drug barons and cartels in the new year, operatives of the agency have dealt a lethal blow to a cluster of cannabis syndicates operating in the Opuje forests in Edo State.
At least, a police impersonator, Omoruan Theophilus, 37, who parades as a Police Inspector to convey the drugs from the forests to the cities and three others: Aigberuan Jacob, 42; Ekeinde Anthony Zaza, 53, and Naomi Patience Ohiewere, 42, was arrested in connection with the drugs. According to a statement issued by the agency, accessing the forest took hours of trekking by hundreds of NDLEA operatives who were ambushed with a bonfire by armed youths on their way out of the community the following day but were able to successfully leave the area without any casualty except the heavy investment losses inflicted on the cartels.
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