Kaduna NDLEA seizes 1,458.7kg drugs, arrests 103 suspects

The Kaduna State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it seized 1,458.709kg of illicit substances in December.

This is contained in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Tuesday by the agency’s Press Officer, Shuaibu Omale.

Omale said that the seized illicit drugs included cocaine, heroin, cannabis, tramadol, methamphetamine, and other psychotropic substances.

In the same vein, the spokesperson said that the command has arrested 103 suspects, representing drug traffickers, dealers, and drug users.

Olame added that the command gas carried out numerous sensitisation programmes across the state with the aim of enlightening the citizenry on the ills associated with drug use and illicit trafficking.

He said, “It is paramount to note that 26 illicit drug joints were also dismantled while the command secured sux convictions and arraigned 24  suspects with the month of December 2023.”

(NAN)

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