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.
Omu-aran Ibrahim Orire Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari Oloye Tinubu Adamu Atta Saheed Popoola Ilorin General Hospital Kwara State Sports Commission Joshua Adeyemi Adimula GRA Na\'Allah Garba Idris Ajia Ilorin International Airport Nurudeen Muhammed Kamaldeen Ajibade Ekiti Bio Ibrahim Ibrahim Mashood Just Event Online Yeketi Omoniyi A.E. Afolabi Ijagbo Kwara State Television Joseph Yemi Ajayi CCT Trader Moni Tosho Yaqub Yahaya Jibril Usman Femi Gbajabiamila Clement Yomi Adeboye Samari Kola Adesina Kwara Liberation Group 08001000100 Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu SGBN Damilola Yusuf Yakubu Shaaba Kemi Adeosun Oloyede Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Maimunat Oloriegbe Moses Adekanye PAACO-PCL Consortium Kulende-UITH Sherif Sagaya ER-KANG Medinat Folorunsho Salman Ndakene Olajumoke Monsura Gafar Amule Elementary School Ronke Adeyemi Ope Saraki Sayomi VADA Yinka Aluko John Dara Edu Wasiu Onidugbe Christopher Tunji Ayeni Federal Polytechnic Offa Musa Ayinla Yeketi Dan-Kazeem Taofik Mustapha Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen Computer Based Test Okala Baba Sheu Ndanusa Usman Sunday Popo-Ola Adeola Abraham Alimi Abdulrazaq Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State Abdullateef Abdussalam GAMA

