 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the L.E.A. Edo Command on Saturday arrested seven farmers suspected to be cannabis farmers in Uyghur near Ehoh, one of the local government areas of the state. The suspects were arrested in their suspected cannabis farms during an operation by personnel of the agency, which lasted several hours. Kennedy obedeke the principal staff officer operations Edo Command, led the operations told newsmen shortly before the destruction of the farms that they were discovered through intelligence. He disclosed that the operation had been ongoing since Wednesday, and in that in spite of the challenges faced by the command, it would not relent in the war against illicit drugs in the state. Meanwhile, one of the suspects who claimed to be the manager of the farm told newsmen that he was being paid 120,000 annually by the owner of the farms. He said he was aware of the implication of his crime, while also disclosing that the owner of the farm was at present on the run.