NDLEA Destroys Illicit Drugs Worth N2bn in Kwara
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Olajumoke Monsura Gafar Moshood Mustapha Kwara Pdp 08001000100 COVID Ilorin Innovation Hub Young Progressives Party Al-Adaby Maryam Ado Bayero Joshua Adeyemi Adimula Suleiman Abubakar Chemiroy Nigeria Limited Oyawoye Freshvine Nigeria Limited Wasiu Onidugbe Femi Gbajabiamila Lola Olabayo Yakub Lai Gobir Bankole Omishore Medinat Folorunsho Salman Baba Adini Of Kwara State Isiaka Gold Bureau Of Lands NIRSAL Igbomina Borgu Funke Adedoyin AbdulGaniyu Kareem Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf Saeedat Aliyu Lateef Alagbonsi Ebola Toyin Abdullahi Saka Asiat Ayinke Lanre Olosunde Admiralty Villa IDPU Offorjama Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Hikmah AbdulKareem Ijakadi Alabi Lawal Ganiyu Taofiq Ijagbo Adama Isa FOMWAN Kolade Solagberu Kanu Agabi Mazars Consulting Kehinde Boyede Apaokagi Akanbi-Oke Tosho Yaqub Okala Baba Victor Gbenga Yusuf Afonja Descendants Union Tafida Matthew Okedare Olokoba Ubandawaki Kumbi Titiloye Lawal Olohungbebe Michael Ologundea Ballah Isau Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa General Hospital, Offa Yemi Sanni Sobi Specialist Hospital Government High School Adeta Baruten Aminu Adisa Logun Yusuf Abubakar Abdullahi Biffo Alabe Kolawole Akande Turaki

