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.
Ahmad Uthman Abubakar Lah Rasheed Jimoh Ilorin Central Mosque Wahab Abayawo Sayomi Fola Consultant Yashikira Biliaminu Aliu Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Ibraheem Adeola Katibi COEASU Folaranmi Aro Afusat Nike Ibrahim Local Government Pension Board Nagode Yoruba Tinubu Legacy Forum New Nigeria People’s Party FERMA State Bureau Of Internal Revenue Afonja Descendants Union Sa\'ad Alanamu Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Folashade Omoniyi Aremu Odolaye Yakubu Shaaba Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi Muhammad Toyin Sanusi KWASSIP Magaji Nda Yahaya Jibril Usman Ayo Salami Saliu Alamoyo ER-KANG Fatimat Saliu Bilikis Oladimeji MalHub Abdulrosheed Okiki Monkey Pox Maimunat Oloriegbe Agor Market Dan Iya Of Ilorin Samuel Adedoyin Galadiman Ngeri Cornelius Adebayo Elerin Of Erin-Ile Seni Saraki Maigida Saliu Tunde Bello Idowu Laro Benin Republic V.O. Abioye Yusuf Amuda Gobir GGDSS Pakata Lanre Badmus Ayobami Akanbi Third Estate Ajakaye All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools Ahmed Idris Mohammed Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Ibrahim Bio Salihu S. Yaru Just Event Online Senate Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf GAMA George Funsho Adebayo Dunmade Ilorin Water Reticulation Academic Staff Union Of Universities Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Muideen Olaniyi Alalade Olateju Lukman Elese Of Igbaja Aliyu Muhammed

