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General News of Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Source: punchng.com

NDLEA seizes N60bn drugs in six weeks

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it seized N60bn worth of drugs from different parts of the country in the last six weeks.

The Chairman and Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (rted.), noted that the agency also seized 230 tons of cannabis in Edo State, the largest in the history of the agency.

A statement said Marwa made the claims when he paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, as part of his familiarisation and assessment tour of the state command of the agency.

He commended the governor for his support for the agency and pleaded for more because of the enormity of the problem.

“In the last six weeks, we have been able to seize over N60bn worth of drugs across the country; this is huge and enormous. The recent seizure of over 230 tons of cannabis in Edo State alone is the largest in the history of NDLEA and this has been made possible through our maxim, which is, offensive action and the renewed commitment of our personnel,” he stated.

Fintiri, in his remark, said most crimes, including banditry and kidnapping, were caused by drug abuse.

He promised to support the drug war by building a rehabilitation centre for the agency and creating drug control committees in all the 21 local government areas of the state.

“There can’t be any better time than now for the government at all levels to join hands with the NDLEA and get involved in the war to kill the menace of drug abuse, otherwise the scourge will destroy the country because all the crimes ranging from insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, rape and others thrive on drug abuse,” he added.