NDLEA destroys 95 hectares of cannabis farms in Ondo
29 March 2021 |
12:20 pm
NDLEA arrests 70-year-old drug supplier to Bandits in Niger State; Destroys 95 hectares of cannabis farms in Ondo, seizes 116kg of skunk in Niger.
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