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.
Mubarak Oladosu Barakat Community Secondary School Local Government Pius Abioje IEDPU Umar Ayinla Saro Dan-Kazeem Adegoke Bamidele Arca Santa National Pilot Emir Of Ilorin Isiaq Khadeejah V.O. Abioye Eghe Igbinehin Mahfouz Adedimeji Lanre Issa Onilu Yunus Lawal Apado Ojo Isekuse Abdul-Rahoof Bello Opolo Global Innovation Limited Olabanji Orilonishe Labour Party Owode Market Okin Biscuit Oke-Ero Jimba Babatunde Shehu Raheem Adaramaja Kwara Basketball Association Charles Ibitoye Muyideen Ajani Bello Saliu Ajia Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede Agor Senate Presidency NSCIA HICA Saka Balikis Kehinde Lateef Fagbemi Muhammed Danjuma Ibrahim Oniye Laboratory-to-Product Khairat Gwadabe Jide Ashonibare University Road Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Facemasks Offorjama Kwara Metro Park Abdulquawiy Olododo Saba Jibril Sherif Sagaya Shero Taofik Abiodun Ahmed Olohungbebe Femtech Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu Omar Bolaji Gambari Mujtabah Bature David Adesina Iyaloja-General Kwara 2023 Garba Idris Ajia Shao Innocent Okoye Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Egbejila Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Biliaminu Aliu Halimah Perogi Olaiya Victor Mobolaji SSA Youth Engagement Sam Onile Bello John Olanrewaju Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi Tsaragi Odogun Olushola Gabriel

