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.
Busari Toyin Isiaka Salihu Jibril Garbi Olusegun Adeniyi Okanlawon Taiwo Ibraheem Adeola Katibi Olokoba Abiodun Abdulkareem Funke Adedoyin Kumbi Titilope Lai Mohammed Saadu Alanamu Saad Omo\'ya Christopher Odetunde Kwara 2015 Tanke NYSC GAMA The Herald Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Waziri Yakubu Gobir Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq IsDB Abdulazeez Uthman Alaiye Kwara Teaching Service Commission Raji AbdulRasaq RTEAN Al-Adaby Saraki Babaloja-General Valsolar Consortium Young Progressives Party Alabe Folajimi Aleshinloye 11th Galadima Tunji Moronfoye Kpotum Mohammed Baba Kwara State Fish Farmers Association Veterinary Teaching Hospital Peter Amogbonjaye Oloje Sango-UITH Road Shettima Prince Sunday Fagbemi IYA YUSUF Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Femi Oladiji Babatunde Idiagbon Oro Grammar School Air Peace Saheed Akinwumi PAACO-PCL Consortium Wasiu Onidugbe Aliyu Salihu Musa Ayinla Yeketi Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Garuba Alikinla Shittu Idowu Aremu Code Of Conduct Alao Ayotunde Muftau Akanbi Oke Bolaji Aladie Azeez Bello Oladipo Akanmu Tolani NULGE Ubandawaki Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Solomon Edoja Yoruba Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Osi Quranic Recitation Competition KWACOBPA Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Sadiq Buhari Oyun

