By Uche Onyeali
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a consignment of 2,000kg of Indian Hemp known as skunk or Ghanaian Loud, produced in Ghana.
Its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said operatives of the agency in Lagos on Wednesday, January 29, recovered the consignments at Lekki beach.
Babafemi said two suspects were arrested while attempting to load them in a truck.
“The suspects, the skunk shipment and the van were immediately taken into custody,” he disclosed.
According to Babafemi, another suspect was also arrested the same day with 55kg of skunk during a raid at his base in Mushin area of Lagos.
Babafemi noted that the NDLEA Chairman, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (rtd), lauded the Lagos State Strategic Command for blocking the huge consignment of skunk from coming into the country.
He noted that NDLEA commands and formations across the country have continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitisation lectures and advocacy visits to worship centres, schools, workplaces, palaces of traditional rulers and communities.
“Instances include: WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of Grand Light Model School, Ata Udosung, Akwa Ibom; Community Grammar School, Iganna, Iwajowa LGA, Oyo state; Ebute Afuye Primary School, Epe, Lagos state.
“Others are Akwakuma Girls Secondary School, Owerri, Imo State, and Federal Government College, Kebbe, Sokoto State, while the Kogi State command of the agency paid a WADA advocacy visit to Attah of Igala, HRH Mathew Opaluwa Oguche at his palace in Idah, among others,” he said.
