The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State said it has uncovered suspected cannabis warehouses in Ukpuje forest in Owan West Local Government Area of the state.
Buba Wakawa, the state commander of the agency, announced this at a news conference on Saturday in Benin City.
Mr Wakawa said the village had four large warehouses with 233,778 kilogrammes of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis.
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The substance, according to him, has an estimated street value of more than N1.4 billion.
Seven people believed to be running the cannabis trafficking syndicate have been apprehended, he said.
“This is the largest single concentration of cannabis discovered by the command,” he added.
Mr Wakawa said while the quantity seized weighed 2,249 kilogrammes, others weighing 231,529 kilogrammes were destroyed by his agency.
The commander said the seizures represented a large chunk of the harvest from the previous cannabis planting season.
“They planted, watered, harvested and processed the drug only for us to dispossess them of their labour, because their action is criminal.