NDLEA Destroys Illicit Drugs Worth N2bn in Kwara

Date: 2022-12-01

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, has destroyed N2bn worth of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances.

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (rtd), who was represented by Mr. Muhammed Sokoto at the event held in Ilorin yesterday, said the destroyed drugs comprised 24, 611 kilogrammes of 24 tons of illicit drugs.

He commended the state Command for its efforts in riding the country of banned substances and illicit drugs, which he described as the right step in the right direction.

Earlier in his remarksm the NDLEA state Commander, Alhaji Ibrahim Saidu, said the destroyed drugs comprised cannabis sativa, cocaine among others.

He noted that the drugs were all seized during routine raid operations and interdiction duties by officers of the NDLEA.

Marwa added that a total number of 184, suspects were arrested in connection with the illicit drugs and prosecuted while 127 were convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonments.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Yusuf A. Usman     Face Masks     Odo-Owa     Kabir Shagaya     Tsaragi-Share     Moses Adekanye     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Hakeem Idris     Kwara State Sports Commission     Ariyo     AGF Abdulrazaq     RTEAN     Okedare     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Donatus Ejidike     Obasanjo     Onilorin     Rashidi Yekini     KWASAA     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Facemasks     CBT     Adesoye     Omoniyi     Oyedepo     Olawuyi     Abdulrauf Aliyu     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Moji Makanjuola     Magaji Are     Toyin Falola     Kwara State Television     Aisha Gobir     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     John Mayokun Dada     IF-K     Abubakar Suleiman     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Mahe Abdulkadir     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Afonja     Nigerian Army     Curfew     Musa Abdullahi     Transition Implementation Committee     Mohammed Lawal     Government High School Adeta     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Osuwa     Yoonus Lawal     Ayedun     Ola Falade     Musa Alhassan Buge     Ahmed     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Kayode Laro     Olatunde Olukoya     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Femtech     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Kayode Ishola     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     LAK Jimoh     2017 Budget     Malete     Wahab Isa     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Shero     VADA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Isiaka Gold     Pategi     Kwara State Sports Commission     Oloje     Marafan Shonga     Sheikh Ariyibi     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Pacify Labs     Unicontinental Construction Company     NAWOJ     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     MalHub     Maigidasanma     Temi Kolawole     Adedipe     Olusegun Adeniyi     Tuesday Assayomo     Saidu Yaro Musa     Samuel Adaramola     Omu Aran     Ayegbeni     Tafida     Aisha Buhari     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Amuda Musbau     Kassim Babamale     Shao     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Shettima     Yemi Osinbajo     Otoge     Park     Sheriff Shagaya     Women Radio     Khairat Gwadabe     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Erin-ile     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Rasheed Jimoh     Mutawalle     Kwara 2023     Minister     ER-KANG     Ojo Isekuse     Aremu Bose Deborah     Kwara Basketball Association     Musbau A. Akanji     George Innih     Mohammed Abdulahi     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ahmad Uthman     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Busari Alabi Alausa     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Aminat Ahmed     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Universal Basic Education Commission     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Bahago     Iponrin     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Amusement Park     Niyi Osundare     Ita-Ore     Abubakar Baba     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Ilofa     Hijab     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Clara Nwachukwu     Femtech     James Kolo     Raymond Olaitan