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.
John Kehinde Salako Muhammed Akanbi Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Omoniyi M. Ayinla Kwara State Fire Service Tsado Manman Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege Mujtabah Bature All Peoples Party International Public Sector Accounting Standards Oluwole Dupe John Dara Kannike Afonja Descendants Union Mahmud Ajeigbe Abubakar Abdulraheem Omoniyi Rabiu Kwankwaso Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Memunat Monsuma Michael Nzekwe Guber Aspirant Peter Amogbonjaye Amuda Aluko Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Oba Of Jebba Mahee Abdulkadir Bank Of Industry Mutawali Ayinde Oyepitan Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita Mary Arinde A.E. Afolabi Abdullahi Atanda Wahab Abayawo Marufat Oladosu Alfa Modibo Belgore SARS Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development Abubakar Imam General Hospital, Offa Galadiman Ngeri Taofeek Ibraheem Ibrahim Labaika Tinubu Olabanji Orilonishe Buhari Ilorin Airport Kola Adesina Ronke Adeyemi Modupe Oluwole Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies LEAH Charity Foundation Afeyin-Olukuta Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Musa Aibinu IQRA College Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Sa\'ad Alanamu Opolo Global Innovation Limited Amos Justus Sayo Kudirat Arinola Lawal Budo Egba Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Bashirat Bola Bello Aremu Odolaye New Naira Notes Hassan Taiye Salam Jide Ashonibare Facemasks Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo IFK NIRSAL Umar Ayinla Saro Simeon Sule Ajibola Abdulazeez Arowona