The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed the arrest of no fewer than 793 suspects last year for possession of illicit drugs in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to PUNCH, the Commander of the NDLEA in FCT, Kabir Tsakuwa, while addressing the press during a grassroots sensitisation and awareness campaign on the dangers of illicit drugs on Tuesday, also confirmed the seizure of 13,125 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in the country’s capital.
Tsakuwa, during the sensitisation that was led by the Director, Drug Demand Reduction, NDLEA, Dr Ngozi Madubuike, in collaboration with Nababa Global Concept Limited, noted that the records of seizures, arrests and convictions were impressive.
He said,
“In the past year, 13,125kg of different drug substances were seized and the breakdown of the seized drugs is 12,660.3 kg of cannabis sativa.
“Others include 21.957 kilogrammes of cocaine, 0.008 kilogrammes of heroin and 443.693 kilogrammes of different psychotropic substances, 78 persons comprising 74 males and four females with drug use problems were successfully counselled and rehabilitated within the same period.
“Also, our counselling and rehabilitation programmes also yielded positive results in the territory. Meanwhile, within the same period, a total of 793 suspects comprising 768 males and 29 females were arrested, and 167 convictions were recorded, of which 161 are males and six females.”