By Adeleye Kunle
The Rivers State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted the movement of 20 bags of cannabis sativa along the Ahoada axis of the East West road.
The spokesman of the state command of the NDLEA, Emmanuel Ogbumgbada, in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said the hard drugs weighed about 251.4kg.
He said the arrest was made on Tuesday during a stop-and-search operation, which commenced on Monday based on credible intelligence.
Ogbumgbada said the driver of the vehicle conveying the substance has been arrested and taken into custody.
He also disclosed that a separate fifteen bags of cannabis sativa weighing about 161.4kg was also intercepted and seized by the officers during the same operation
