NDLEA Destroys Illicit Drugs Worth N2bn in Kwara

Date: 2022-12-01

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.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sulaiman Gado     Ibrahim Bio     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Nupe     Abiodun Oyedepo     Abubakar Lah     Saliu Oluwole     Kumbi Titilope     Oko-Erin     Malete     John Dara     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     General Hospital, Ilorin     Jide Ashonibare     Umar Ayinla Saro     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Women Radio     Umar Danladi Shero     Issa Oloruntogun     Olohungbebe     Ilorin Airport     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ayo Salami     International Vocational Centre     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Bayo Ojo     Okin High School     James Ayeni     Dumagi     Oba Abdulrahim     Bayo Onimago     Kazeem Adekanye     Otuka     Kwara State Football Association     Christopher Odetunde     Moses Rahman Popoola     Falokun-Oja     Yahaya Seriki     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Stephen Fasakin     Hakeem Idris     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Bond     Sunday Fagbemi     Balogun-Ojomu     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Okin Biscuit     Gurei     Old Oyo     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Kubra Kazum     Wahab Issa     Peter Obi     Bankole Omishore     Obasanjo     Atunwa     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Saidu Isa     Usman Rifun     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Ado Ibrahim     Sulu Gambari     Ebola     Kwara Poly     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Edu     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Bukola Saraki     Isiaq Khadeejah     Noah Yusuf     Shuaib Jawondo     Saba Mamman Daniel    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yomi Adeboye     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Seed Technologies     Okanlawon Musa     Bibire Ajape     Yusuf Lawal     Saka Isau     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Akanji     TESCOM     Pategi     Saba Jibril     Jebba     Kwara Pdp     Dan-Kazeem     PPS     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Shao     Issa Baba     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     NSCIA     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Share/Tsaragi     John Obuh     Olayinka Are     Gamji Members Association     Oluwole Dupe     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Salihu Ajia     Saba Mamman Daniel     Moremi High School     Students Union Government     Olabimpe Olani     AbdulGafar Tosho     Lola Olabayo     Ridwan Agboola     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Saidu Isa     Mohammed Haruna     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Yahaya Dumoye     NFAI     Kayode Bankole     Apaola     Communication Network Support Services     Kaiama     IYA ALFA NLA     TESCOM 2025     Lai Gobir     Sulu Gambari     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Al-Hikmah Radio     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Hauwa Nuru     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Danladi     Adeleke Ogungbe     KWASIEC     Tunji Olawuyi     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Malete     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Shuaib Olarongbe     A.O. Belgore     Trader Moni     Dele Momodu     Valsolar