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Buba Wakawa, NDLEA commander in Edo, disclosed this on Sunday in Benin, the state capital.
He said the command arrested seven drug barons operating four large warehouses in Ukpuje forest in Owan West.
Wakawa said the four warehouses had a total of 16, 344 bags of cannabis and weeds, weighing 233, 778kg, which were seized in addition to two pump action and one double barrel guns.
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The commander said the estimated street value of the seized illicit drug is put at over N1.4 billion.
He said seven suspects were arrested and taken into NDLEA custody. He gave their names as: Emmanuel Oki, 62, who is the chairman of the vigilante group in Ukpuje; Odi Sabato, 42, and Bright Inemi Edegbe, 53.
Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State have arrested seven men in Ukpuje forest, Owan West Local Government Area of the