The Head, Media and Publicity, NDLEA, Mr Mitchel Ofoyeju, said the seizure and arrests were made between January and October.The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had seized 4,832.74kg of various drugs and arrested 309 suspected drug traffickers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
According to him, among the seized drugs are 102 bottles of cough syrup with codeine content. He said the bottles of cough syrup were found in an abandoned defunct NITEL box at Wuse Zone 4 during a raid. Others included cannabis (4,787.35kg), psychotropic substances (44.86kg), cocaine (428 grams) and methamphetamine (103 grams).
Ofoyeju said that suspected drug traffickers arrested within the period were 12 females and 297 males. He said: “The NDLEA equally won the conviction of 101 accused persons in 10 months while other cases are still pending. Items forfeited from those convicted include 22 vehicles and 14 motorcycles. Counselling and rehabilitation services were also provided for 79 persons with drug abuse problem.”
The NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, said that those convicted included Abubakar Sadiq (21) and Abdullahi Haruna (22), both from Gwoza, Borno State.
They were sentenced to six years’ imprisonment each for dealing in 0.8 grams of cocaine and 1.6 grams of cocaine, respectively.
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