The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) came across a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti.
Mr. Dele Akingbade, the Commandant of the NDLEA in Ekiti, disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti on September 27, 2013, Friday.
He said that the hemp farm was the largest individually-owned hemp farm in Ekiti, and the cost of the hemp farm was too huge to be determined immediately.
The NDLEA Chief described the discovery of the farm as one of the `biggest feats’ of the agency in the state.
Mr. Akingbade added the agency made the discovery on a vast expanse of land on July 24, and it owes concerned members of the public.
The NDLEA chief said that four suspects, all men, were apprehended while working on the farm. They were remanded in the agency’s custody and would be prosecuted soon
He said that the suspects, who confessed to being labourers, disclosed that the owner of the farm paid them N1,000 per day as wage.
Mr. Akingbade said that the agency had been making efforts to arrest the owner of the farm through a 24-hour surveillance mounted by men of the agency.
The commandant said that officials of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime from Vienna had visited the farm, due to its enormous size.
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