The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency recorded major breakthroughs in the bid to eradicate the use of illicit drugs in the country.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement he issued on Sunday.
Babafemi said in Kebbi State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kalgo-Birnin Kebbi Road on June 8, 2024 arrested a 32-year-old Nigerien, Hassan Mummuni, with 4,000 pills of diazepam and 1.250kg cannabis, concealed in four pesticide tanks.
Operatives in Gombe State the same day arrested Ibrahim Abubakar, aka Alhajiji, at Herwagana, with 6,740 pills of tramadol and 20,000 tablets of diazepam.
Not less than 1,098 bottles of codeine-based syrup were recovered from a suspect, Onyekachi ThankGod Iwula, 42, following his arrest in a commercial bus at Aloma Junction, Otukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State.
In Bauchi State, NDLEA officers on patrol along Ningi-Kano Road on June 5, 2024 arrested a 20-year-old lady, Hasana Usman, with 25 blocks of cannabis sativa that weighed 28.2kg, while their counterparts in Yobe State nabbed Ali Mohammed, 42, along Kano-Potiskum Road with 19,000 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed in a black sack and the suspect’s travelling bag.
In Oyo State, 57-year-old Oladimeji Samson was arrested in a commercial bus at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with 79 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing of 44.4kg and 48 grams of ecstasy, all concealed in the engine compartment under the driver’s seat of the bus.
Not less than 17,980 pills of tramadol and other opioids were seized from a suspect, Ali Isiaka Mohammed, 36, following his arrest at Ganaja village, Lokoja LGA, Kogi State, while the duo of Blessing Samuel, 35, and Unnanchi Mike, 34, were arrested with 804 bottles of codeine syrup at Narayi, Kaduna State.
Also in Kaduna, Tijjani Umar, 37, and Yahaya Suleman, 35, were arrested with 33.9 kilograms of cannabis sativa at Lafiya area, Kudan LGA of the state.
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At least nine suspects, including Salisu Sanda, 48, and James Andrew, 25, were arrested by NDLEA operatives during a raid at Toaabora hills area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on June 8, 2024 with a total of 83.01kg cannabis recovered from them.
With the same drive, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, workplaces and communities among others in the past week.
These include WADA enlightenment lecture for students and teachers of Dibal Progressive Academy, Kano; students of Muslim Comprehensive High School, Saki, Oyo State; students and staff of St. David Grammar School, Ile-Ife, Osun State; students of Wisdom Rules College, Ukpakiri, Abia State; traditional rulers and community leaders in Ilorin, Kwara State; as well as a WADA advocacy visit to the Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu.
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