Police uncover indoor cannabis farm in Lagos residential building

A viral video revealed by News Central confirmed what seemed to be an extraordinary residential residence allegedly transformed right into a facility for rising cannabis indoors.

The crops had been reportedly anticipated to take about three months to mature earlier than being harvested and bought in the illicit drug market.

The report linked the operation to a international nationwide who was allegedly trafficked into Nigeria and a Nigerian man who managed the property the place the cannabis farm was found.

The property supervisor, whose id was not disclosed, mentioned he provided help to the foreigner after the corporate that introduced him into the nation allegedly deserted him, claiming that he didn’t intend to generate profits from the operation.

“The gentleman here found himself in a fix in Nigeria. I decided to give him a hand. However, he needed to find a way to go out of the country after the company that brought him abandoned him.

“So, I said anything he needed help with, he should let me know. A couple of days later, he came up with this idea, and I said, well, I hope everything works out well for him. But then, I found myself here with it. I have no intention to profit from it. I am a businessman. I just happen to be someone who fell into the hands of trying to help a fellow man. I wanted to help him so he could go back to his country,” the property supervisor mentioned.

He acknowledged that he knew the exercise was not accredited by the federal government, including that the operation got here to mild when an try was made to promote the cannabis.

“It was in the process of selling it that he got caught. I don’t know who he contacted, and this whole thing burst,” he added.

Reacting to the invention, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, described it as one other achievement in the Command’s efforts to fight drug abuse and trafficking.

“Nobody could have thought that this kind of thing could exist. They are being grown in cups, and after germinating, they will be harvested and sold into society again.

“This type of thing is being grown in this community. Citizens should try to know what the occupations of their neighbours are,” Fatai mentioned.

The police mentioned investigations had been ongoing because the Command intensified efforts to forestall the distribution of illicit medicine.