The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday it had uncovered five cannabis farms in Kaduna State.
The Commandant of the Agency, Malam Mohammed Jibrin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the farms were located in Zange village, Gwantu of Sanga LGA; Gidan Bello, Kagarko LGA; Fori village, Kagoma in Jema'a LGA; and Gadan Malam and Amaru, both in Zaria.
"We discovered these cannabis farms through information from members of the communities.
"If you find anybody cultivating certain crops near you which you cannot identify or you can identify it as illicit plants, please feel free to inform us.
"And it is through that way that we have got information on five different cannabis farms we have located in different parts of the state today."
Jibrin stressed the need for the public to furnish the Agency with information that could enable it to combat the increasing rate of growing the weed in the state.
He urged the public to divulge information which would reduce drug abuse and trafficking as well as reduce the crime rates usually motivated by the usage.
"Even in states where Indian hemp is cultivated in large scale, they started through experimentation.
"So Kaduna citizens should not say after all these farms are in small scale, they can remain like that. They were not there before, now they are there.
"The moment these drugs are cultivated in a community, it becomes cheaper and accessible to everybody and will destroy more children."
The commandant assured the public of confidentiality and safety to any persons that provided information that could enable the agency to curb drug abuse and trafficking.
"We crave the cooperation of the members of the public, since we are not in every home and every community, we rely on information from the public.
"We assure them that whoever gives us this information will be treated with the outmost confidentiality and it will not be exposed to the dealers and we will move in immediately to get the farms destroyed."
According to him, the agency had arrested 300 suspects with over two tons of cannabis sativa, 235 grammes of cocaine and 182 kg of other narcotic substances between January and October.
"We discovered these cannabis farms through information from members of the communities.
"If you find anybody cultivating certain crops near you which you cannot identify or you can identify it as illicit plants, please feel free to inform us.
"And it is through that way that we have got information on five different cannabis farms we have located in different parts of the state today."
Jibrin stressed the need for the public to furnish the Agency with information that could enable it to combat the increasing rate of growing the weed in the state.
He urged the public to divulge information which would reduce drug abuse and trafficking as well as reduce the crime rates usually motivated by the usage.
"Even in states where Indian hemp is cultivated in large scale, they started through experimentation.
"So Kaduna citizens should not say after all these farms are in small scale, they can remain like that. They were not there before, now they are there.
"The moment these drugs are cultivated in a community, it becomes cheaper and accessible to everybody and will destroy more children."
The commandant assured the public of confidentiality and safety to any persons that provided information that could enable the agency to curb drug abuse and trafficking.
"We crave the cooperation of the members of the public, since we are not in every home and every community, we rely on information from the public.
"We assure them that whoever gives us this information will be treated with the outmost confidentiality and it will not be exposed to the dealers and we will move in immediately to get the farms destroyed."
According to him, the agency had arrested 300 suspects with over two tons of cannabis sativa, 235 grammes of cocaine and 182 kg of other narcotic substances between January and October.
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