The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kaduna State Command, said its operatives have seized 1,045.93kgs of various illicit substances and arrested 420 suspects in the third quarter of the year.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Commander, Samaila Danmalam, disclosed on Thursday in Kaduna, stating, โThe command had within the period under review arrested a total of 420 suspects, comprising 404 males and 16 females.
โThe figure represents both drug dealers, drug users and traffickers.โ
The commander also disclosed that the command had made seizures of various illicit substances.
He said, โThe illicit substances included, Cocaine,
Cannabis Sativa, Rohypnol, Tramadol, Methamphetamine, and other psychotropic substances grossly weighing 1,045.93kgs.
โThe command seized a total of 1,393 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and equally seized four locally made arms in the course of its numerous operations in the period being reported.
โThe command equally secured the conviction of 30 drug offenders and charged a total of 54 suspects, while investigations on others are ongoing.โ
Danmalam said in its non-kinetic approach to combating the drug menace through drug demand reduction activities, the command carried out various sensitization and awareness programmes.
โIt counseled 50 drug users while it has rehabilitated 50 drug dependent persons, who successfully recovered and were reintegrated into the mainstream society, โDanmalam said.
He said the command would continue to combat illicit drug trafficking even as he appealed for timely and valuable information for quick response and proactive measures.
