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NDLEA Reveals Nigerian State With Highest Figure Of Drug Seizures

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has unveiled Lagos state with the highest figure of drug seizure with 22,192.62 kilograms of illicit substances recovered from parts of the state in the month of March.

Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, where he added Kano and Kaduna leading the pack in the arrests of offenders.

“Lagos has the highest figure of drug seizures with 22,192.62 kilograms of illicit substances recovered from parts of the state, followed by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Command, Ikeja, also in Lagos, with 8,979.869kg of drugs seized between Jan and March, while Kano and Kaduna led the pack in the arrests of offenders with 194 arrests each within the same period.

Babafemi, also gave a breakdown of the drugs that was seized, adding that Cannabis sativa, and Codeine topped as most seized drugs.

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“Cannabis also topped the list of seizures in March with 21,583.81kg; followed by -8,965.319kg; Codeine -417.207kg; -57.755kg; Cocaine -45.082kg; Methamphetamine -7.527kg; Rophynol -6.34kg and Heroin -1.497kg.”

Commending its officers, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) urged NDLEA operatives not to rest on their oars, assuring them that every outstanding performance would always attract commensurate commendation and/or reward.

He said, “As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, intensifies the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse across Nigeria, no less than Six Hundred and Seventy Seven (677) traffickers have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms between January and March 2022, with a total of Three Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Nine (3,359) arrests and 65,915.891 kilograms of assorted drugs seized within the same period.”

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