Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested no 42 suspected drug traffickers in the State.
Among the arrested suspects are Patrick Imoukhede and Austine Anyamone who are both 45 years old with 169 kg of processed cannabis and 395 kg of skunk cannabis respectively.
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the NDLEA Commander in the State, disclosed this while reeling out the scorecards of the Command for the month of June, 2026 in Benin City.
Ofoyeju added that in another operation, drug cartels abandoned illicit pharmaceuticals in Uromi and fled to avoid arrest.
He said during a search operation on the premises led to the recovery of 540 bottles of codeine cough syrup, 11,100 capsules of tramadol (4.44 kg), 2,500 tablets of Swinol, and 100 ampules of Pentazocine injection.
