The Kaduna State Command, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has said that its operatives have arrested 110 suspects and recovered 520.385kgs of illicit substances in the month of May.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the NDLEA Commander in Kaduna, Mr Samaila Danmalam, disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna, stating that the agency seized various illicit substances that included cocaine, Indian hemp, Tramadol and Methamphetamine, among others, weighing 520.385kgs.
Danmalam said, “The command in the month of May arrested 110 suspects comprising 105 males and five females.”
Danamalam added that ten illicit drug joints were dismantled in the state.
The commander said that during the month under review, the command secured the conviction of 12 suspects and arraigned 22 others.
He explained that in its efforts to combat the drug scourge in the state through drug demand reduction activities, the command carried out numerous sensitization programmes across the state.
“This was to enlighten the citizenry on the ills associated with drug use and illicit trafficking while simultaneously counselling and rehabilitation of drug-dependent persons,” he added.
Danmalam appealed to the public to shun illicit drug activities and trafficking.
He urged the citizens to provide useful and timely information to assist the command in carrying out its mandate in the state.
