Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested no fewer than 26 suspected drug traffickers.
The Command also seized a total of 41,410.53 kilogrammes of various narcotic substances from the suspects.
DAILY POST reports that the agency’s state Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this in Benin City while presenting the August 2025 progress report of the Command.
Ofoyeju gave a breakdown of the suspects as 22 males and four females.
He said the Command with the seizure of the 41,410.53 kilogrammes of various narcotic drugs, has succeeded in taking illicit drugs out of circulation in the state.
According to him, the feat followed the Command’s intensification of operations, which led to numerous arrests, significant drug seizures, cannabis farm destruction and crucial anti-drug abuse initiatives.
The NDLEA commander revealed that cannabis accounted for over 99 percent of the seized drugs with 41,387.36 kilogrammes.
Ofoyeju gave the breakdown of the seized drugs as Tramadol 22.253 kilogrammes, Swinol 0.3085 kilogrammes, Danabol 0.0117 kilogrammes, Diazepam 0.5163 kilogrammes and Methamphetamine 0.0811 kilogrammes.
He added that there was also 400 ml of Pentazocine and 10 litres of Codeine cough syrup.
Ofoyeju explained that the agency destroyed four illegal cannabis plantations in Ebule forest in Owan West local government area, covering a total area of 15.852732 hectares.
“The destroyed farm had an estimated yield of approximately 39,631.83 kg of cannabis. Prominent among the arrests and seizures is the evacuation of sixty-nine bags of skunk, a strong strain of cannabis from a three-bed room bungalow at Uzebba in the Owan West local government area of the state,” he stated.
He said a 54-year-old, Fodo Stella Sunday, who hails from Owan West, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
The commander opined that the achievements underscored the agency’s proactive approach towards curbing drug-related crimes in Edo State.
In the same vein, he urged members of the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities to aid in the collective fight against drug trafficking and abuse in the state.
NDLEA seizes 41,410,53kg of drugs, arrests 26 traffickers in Edo
