Crime
NDLEA Seized 1,845 kg Of Hard Drugs in Adamawa
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NDLEA seized 1,845 kg of ihard drugs in Adamawa.
From Umar Dankano,Yola.
1,081.9 kilograms of suspected substances to be cannabis sativa (indian herm) has been seized by the Adamawa state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
State Commander of the Command, Mr.Femi Agboalu disclosed the development at a press conference in Yola Monday announcing that the Command has secured 174 conviction of drugs offenders in the last one year.
Commander, Agboalu said that,the period under review, the command also made seizures of 7 drums of formalin commonly call ( suck and die) and 28.013kg of cough syrup with codeine.
He noted that, the year under review witnessed a reduction of persons arrested by 25 percent and increase in the number of seizures made by 33 percent.
According to him ” while thanking God for no lost of any officer and men of the command in the last three years added that the command is faced with inadequate logistics to fight the menence of drugs abuse.
“Because of bigger responsibility, added with the establishment of offices in all the 21 local government and six zonal command in Adamawa state.”Agboalu said.
He expressed gratitude to the chairman Chief executive officer of NDLEA, General Buba Marwa (Rtd) and the Adamawa state Governor, Ahamdu Finitri for their support to the command.
Other items recovered in the last one year includes three vehicles and one motorbike used in the commission of the crime and the sum of eight hundred and twenty one thousand, two hundred and seventy naira (N 821,270,000 were forfeited to federal government .
Mr Agboalu added that the command has also successfully treated, counsel and rehabilitated fourth two drug dependant and three them have been reunited with their families.
“The command, in the period under review had sixty six Drug Abuse Preventive Education (DAPE) / War Against Drug Abuse( WADA) in schools, work place, communities and faith based organizations with over 32,000 persons in attendance across the state”. The Commander said.
