Friday 27 September 2013

NDLEA discovers 600 acres of hemp farm in Ekiti

The National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-
acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin
Local Government Area of Ekiti. The Commandant of the NDLEA in Ekiti, Mr
Dele Akingbade, in Ado-Ekiti said that the
hemp farm was the largest individually-owned
hemp farm in Ekiti. Akingbade said that the cost of the hemp farm
was too huge to be determined immediately. He described the discovery of the farm as one
of the `biggest feats’ of the agency in the
state. Akingbade said the agency made the discovery
on a vast expanse of land on July 24. According to him, the discovery follows a tip-
off by concerned members of the public. The NDLEA chief said that four suspects, all
men, were apprehended in connection with the
discovery. Akingbade said that four suspects were
arrested while working on the farm. He said that the suspects, who confessed to
being labourers, disclosed that the owner of
the farm paid them N1,000 per day as wage. Akingbade said that the agency had been
making efforts to arrest the owner of the farm
through a 24-hour surveillance mounted by
men of the agency. He said that the suspects, who were still in the
agency’s custody, would be prosecuted soon. The commandant said that officials of the UN
Office on Drugs and Crime from Vienna had
visited the farm, due to its largeness. (NAN)

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