The seized items

The Naval Outpost, Onitsha Command of the Nigerian Navy, has handed over 19 bags of seized substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

The handover took place at the NDLEA Onitsha Unit on Tuesday, following their recovery at Atani Community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

According to the handover note obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday, the Commanding Officer, Naval Outpost, Onitsha, Kabir Yusuf, disclosed that the illicit consignments were recovered during separate intelligence-led operations conducted within the command’s operational area.

Yusuf said personnel of the Forward Operating Base, FOB, Amiyi, at Atani Abo Community, recovered the items during routine patrols.