The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly peddling dried weeds, suspected to be cannabis sativa.
The state Commander of the NDLEA, Buba Wakawa, who confirmed the arrest, said that Bello who hails from Ondo State, would soon be charged to court.
Wakawa, in a statement by the spokesman for the command, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said, “The suspect, Ifa Bello, hails from Igba Ateru in Ondo State. He attended Eguari Primary School and Ikosi High School, Lagos.
“He is married with two children. The suspect, who deals in cannabis sativa, is currently being interrogated by narcotic investigators and will soon be charged to court for dealing in narcotic drugs.”
Meanwhile, the command said it had recovered 11 sacks of cannabis during a raid on a cannabis farmhouse in Uyere forest, located in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area.