{"id":107369,"date":"2024-01-16T22:07:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo"},"modified":"2024-01-17T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:25:00","slug":"ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA destroys 50 hectares of marijuana farms in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has destroyed 50 hectares of marijuana farms and 17 tonnes of the substance seized in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Buba Wakama, the state commander of the agency, disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin while briefing newsmen on the command\u2019s achievements in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Wakawa said that the hectares comprised 46 farms located in different parts of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The NDLEA commander said that the suspects chose to engage in the cultivation of the illicit plant rather than farming food crops that would be useful to the populace.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the agency also seized 17.955 tonnes of marijuana and other psychotropic substances during the period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe largest quantity of drugs seized is marijuana, which is 17.487 tonnes while cocaine, heroin and codeine syrup, among other psychotropic drugs, constituted the remaining value,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has destroyed 50 hectares of marijuana farms and 17 tonnes of the substance seized in 2023. Buba Wakama, the state commander of the agency, disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin while briefing newsmen on the command\u2019s achievements in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":107367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1570,2140,443,12459,748,254],"class_list":["post-107369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-edo","tag-marijuana-farms","tag-ndlea","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDLEA destroys 50 hectares of marijuana farms in Edo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has destroyed 50 hectares of marijuana ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDLEA destroys 50 hectares of marijuana farms in Edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has destroyed 50 hectares of marijuana ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-16T21:07:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-16T23:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/sm_1705431044.41206.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NDLEA destroys 50 hectares of marijuana farms in Edo\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-16T21:07:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-16T23:25:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/sm_1705431044.41206.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Edo\",\"marijuana farms\",\"NDLEA\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-destroys-50-hectares-of-marijuana-farms-in-edo\",\"name\":\"NDLEA destroys 50 hectares of marijuana farms in Edo - 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