The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency in
Gombe
State on Tuesday said its operatives arrested
14 farmers for cultivating Cannabis in two
communities.
The Commandant of the agency in the state,
Aliyu Adole, told the News Agency of Nigeria in
Gombe that the farmers were arrested with
413.19 kilogrammes of Cannabis.
He said nine of them were arrested with 322.6
kg at Kulani village of Balanga Local
Government Area of the State, while five were
with 191.300 kg at Amkargu village of Taraba
State.
Adole said: “We have been on farm raid in the
past one month and we arrested 14 people
with 413.19 kilogrammes of Cannabis from two
villages; some farmers have hectares of
Cannabis farms, while some plant in their
backyards.
“We also arrested five others with 191.300
kilogrammes of the substance at the boundary
village between Gombe and Taraba, headed by
an old man of about 76 years who claims that
he is 62 years.”
According to him, all of them will be charged
to Federal High Court for prosecution.