No fewer than 26 suspected drug traffickers were arrested in Edo State by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in August.
The NDLEA also destroyed a total of 41,410.53 kilogrammes of various narcotic drugs.
The State Commander of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, stated this in a statement on Friday.
Presenting the August 2025 progress report in Benin, Ofoyeju noted that the arrested suspects comprised 22 males and four females.
He disclosed that the total drugs seized were 41,410.53 kilogrammes, while the breakdown revealed that cannabis accounted for over 99 percent of the seized drugs, with 41,387.36 kilogrammes.
“Others are Tramadol 22.253 kg, Swinol 0.3085 kg, Danabol 0.0117 kg, Diazepam 0.5163 kg, Methamphetamine 0.0811 kg. There was also 400 ml of Pentazocine and 10 litres of Codeine cough syrup.
“In a concerted effort against cannabis cultivation, the NDLEA destroyed four illegal cannabis plantations in the Ebule Forest, Owan West LGA, covering a total area of 15.852732 hectares. The destroyed farm had an estimated yield of approximately 39,631.83 kg of cannabis,” he added.
According to Ofoyeju, prominent among the arrests and seizures was the evacuation of 69 bags of skunk, a strong strain of cannabis, from a three-bedroom bungalow at Uzebba in the Owan West Local Government Area of the state.
He added that a 54-year-old woman, Stella Sunday, who hails from the Owan West area of the state, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
Ofoyeju said the command also raided a notorious drug location at RCC Junction, Sapele Road, Benin City, where three suspected drug traffickers were arrested with 2.05 kg of cannabis, 46 grammes of methamphetamine, five grammes of Danabol, 52 grammes of Swinol, 745 grammes of Tramadol, and 0.4 litres of Codeine.