Tuesday 17 July 2012

Ondo farmers grew Indian hemp on 514 hectares – NDLEA


Some suspects on an Indan hemp farm
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday in Akure said some farmers in Ondo State had in the last two years used about 514 hectares of farmland to cultivate cannabis popularly known as Indian hemp.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Mr. Ahmadu Giade, stated this at the public destruction of 61,000 kilogrammes of drug exhibits in the state capital.
Giade described cannabis cultivation as a serious threat to food production, adding that the agency was determined to frustrate drug barons.
He said, “We will frustrate every move to undermine the lofty agricultural programmes of the state government.
“We will not fold our hands and watch drug barons divert arable land for the cultivation of cannabis instead of growing legitimate food and cash crops.”
Giade expressed satisfaction that his men had uncovered several secret warehouses being used to store cannabis.
He said, “In the past two years, Ondo State has led other states in the agency’s annual drug seizures with 123,452.76 kilogrammes of cannabis and destruction of 514 hectares of cannabis farmland.
“The command had also seized 67,979.80 kilogrammes of cannabis and traced 367 hectares of farmland in 2010.
“Also, 55,472.96 kilogrammes of cannabis were seized and 147 hectares of cannabis farmland destroyed in 2011.”

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