The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun Command, has successfully destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun State.
The agency’s state commandant, Tijani Rabe, revealed this in Abeokuta on Thursday while presenting the agency’s 2024 scorecard.
Rabe said four persons were arrested and were being investigated in connection with the hemp farm.
He said the command arrested 675 drug offenders with 9.7 tons and 537.81 litres of liquid-base illicit drugs, adding also that a person with a seizure of 100 bags of hemp, weighing 1.3 tons, ws arrested in November.
“Operation Closed Gates was launched as part of our Yuletide initiative and has been a resounding success.
“It targeted drug merchants and syndicates, sealing all entry roads into the state,” he said.
He said the agency secured 221 convictions and sentences to various terms of imprisonment against drug offenders.
“Many cases are also at various stages of prosecution,” he said.
