NDLEA arrests 2 suspects with 1,608kg of cannabis sativa in Nasarawa

<p>The commander stated that bags of weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa were concealed under the piles of pineapples also loaded in the vehicle.</p>, <span>NDLEA arrests 2 suspects with 1,608kg of cannabis sativa in Nasarawa</span>, <h2>The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nasarawa State, has arrested two suspects with 1,608kg of substance suspected to be cannabis sativa.</h2>, <p>NDLEA Commander in the state, Peter Onche-Odaudu, made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia.</p>, <p>He said that the suspects, aged 29 and 30, respectively, were arrested by operatives of the agency in Akwanga at about 8.00a.m on Tuesday.</p>, <p>Onche-Odaudu said that the suspects who were travelling from Edo in an unregistered Peugeot J5 vehicle had stopped after sighting NDLEA operatives from a distance.</p>, <p>”They opened the bonnet and abandoned the vehicle, leaving the impression that it had broken down.</p>, <p>”Our operatives monitored them all through the night until the two suspects returned in the morning to take the vehicle away,” he said.</p>, <p>The commander stated that bags of weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa were concealed under the piles of pineapples also loaded in the vehicle.</p>, <p>”They loaded pineapples in order to beat law enforcement agencies and to mask the strong odour from the weed,” he said.</p>, <p>Onche-Odaudu said that investigation was ongoing on the matter, and that manhunt had been intensified to arrest other accomplices.</p>, <p>The commander restated the commitment of the agency to rid the state of illicit drug business and substance abuse .</p>