The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has impounded drugs worth over N100million in Kano within the last 3 weeks, and hounded into custody 17 suspected peddlers. The Commandant of the Anti Drug Agency, Nicolas Walter told Journalists in Kano that the drugs identified as cannabis were seized from suspected drug peddlers in two separate operations, pointing out that it weighed over 4tonnes. Nicolas Walter who described the seizure as 'unprecedented' in the state came on the heel of growing statistics that shot the state ahead of others in terms of operations, convictions and rehabilitations of peddlers. [continues 179 words]
Thirty-eight people were convicted for drug-related offences between June 2004 and May 2005 in Jigawa by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The State Commander of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Mukhtar Garba told Vanguard that the convicted drug peddlers were among the One hundred and thirty arrested within the period through series of raids. Alhaji Mukhtar Garba stated that the Agency recovered various illicit drugs weighing 1,172.33 kilograms, adding that under the NDLEA Drugs Demand Reduction Activities counseled 211 drug users in the state. [continues 248 words]
