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  "id": 12933350,
  "title": "NDLEA arrests 42, hunts suspected drug baron in Edo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ndlea-arrests-42-hunts-suspected-drug-baron-in-edo-12933350",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T19:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-42-hunts-suspected-drug-baron-in-edo/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State has arrested 42 suspected drug traffickers. The arrests were made in September, and among those arrested were 20 males and 22 females.\n\nThe NDLEA also destroyed 10 cannabis farms covering 3.69 hectares in the state. During the operations, the agency seized 271.92348 kg of illicit substances, including 245.29 kg of cannabis sativa, 25.97 kg of psychotropic substances, and 0.66 kg of methamphetamine, as well as 62.6 litres of codeine syrup, according to the Daily Post Nigeria.\n\nA suspected notorious drug trafficker, Gospel Mudiaga Odeh, also known as Omega, was arrested alongside his 26-year-old sales girl, Ojugo Mercy, but Odeh narrowly escaped and was declared wanted by the agency, leaving behind a black Toyota Matrix. The vehicle had 65 grams of cannabis, N1.16 million, and 55 Ethiopian birr recovered from it.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "NDLEA arrests 42 suspects, destroys 10 cannabis farms in Edo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ndlea-arrests-42-suspects-destroys-10-cannabis-farms-in-edo",
        "published": "2026-10-08T18:29:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NDLEA arrests 42, hunts suspected drug baron in Edo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ndlea-arrests-42-hunts-suspected-drug-baron-in-edo",
        "published": "2026-10-08T19:00:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}