NDLEA arrests 3,834 drug suspects, seizes 39 tonnes of illicit drugs this year
(Nigeria) The
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested 3,834 suspected drug
criminals and seized 39 tonnes of illicit drugs between January and August 2019.
The agency
under the leadership of Colonel Muhammad Abdallah (retd) also witnessed the
promotion of six Assistant Commandant General of Narcotics (ACGN), 20 Chief
Narcotics Agents, five Commandants of Narcotics and 1291 others to motivate the
rank and file to tackle the disturbing drug menace in the country.
Another
promotion exercise is ongoing for about 2000 staff in appreciation for their
commitment and dedication to duty.
Findings
also revealed that a part of efforts to restructure and improve on its
operations, the agency has upgraded the directorate positions from seven to 13
apart from upgrading the interdiction points at both airports and seaports
across the country, just as the seaport has been upgraded to a directorate
level with added responsibilities.
Through the
instrumentality of Colonel Abdallah, the drug agency secured the presidential
approval for the recruitment of 5000 personnel this year, which may likely be
replicated in the next two years to wage war on various drug cartels in the
country. The idea of the agency is to have enough personnel to man the
operations of each local government area.
Meanwhile,
in a document obtained by PRNigeria, it reveals that of the 3,834 suspects
nabbed between January and August 2019, 3,465 were males while 369 were females
as the agency secured a total of 150 convictions made up of 143 males and seven
females respectively.
According
to the document, from the total number of tonnes of drugs seized, Cannabis
Sativa weighed over 35 tonnes, while Opiates, Bariturates and Tramadol
intercepted were 1,653, 1,501 and 1,405 kilogrammes respectively.
Available
data indicates that Cannabis Sativa was the only locally cultivated illicit
drug in Nigeria, while Cough syrups with codeine content had been banned since
2018 because of its widespread abuse.
Other
seizures include: 82 kg of Cocaine, 15kg of heroine, 64kg of Methamphetamine,
128kg of Ephedrine, while cough syrup with codeine content stands at 530kg
which was banned since 2018 because of its widespread and unacceptable abuse by
the drug users.
Further
investigations reveal that the agency destroyed 3, 660 hectares of cannabis
farms last year and recovered 40 tonnes of the weed abandoned on the farms.
As part of
efforts to ensure that drugs seized do not find their way back into the society
which may constitute threat to public health, the agency sustained its public
destruction of drug exhibits by burning.
A top
official of the agency who would not want his name in print told PRNigeria that
“Cumulatively, the agency publicly destroyed 375, 371.79 kilograms of illicit
substances. This is made up of 14 tonnes of drugs seized over a period of two
years in Adamawa.
“In Ondo
State, the agency destroyed 110 tonnes while in Edo, it destroyed 136 tonnes,
and set six tonnes ablaze in Jigawa.
In Delta,
the agency recently destroyed approximately 90 tonnes of illicit drugs and 18
tonnes in Kogi,” he said.
He also
noted that the NDLEA extended its dragnet to Tramadol, which had become a drug
of choice for users.
However,
about N32million is spent every month as administrative and operation cost
which is a far cry from the required budget needed to carry out its activities.
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