{"id":93918,"date":"2022-04-13T14:55:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93918"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:55:44","slug":"677-drug-traffickers-jailed-3359-arrested-65915-891kg-seized-in-q1-ndlea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/677-drug-traffickers-jailed-3359-arrested-65915-891kg-seized-in-q1-ndlea\/","title":{"rendered":"677 drug traffickers jailed, 3,359 arrested, 65,915.891kg seized in Q1 \u2013 NDLEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has stated that, as it intensifies the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse across Nigeria, no less than Six Hundred and Seventy Seven (677) traffickers have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms between January and March 2022, with a total of Three Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Nine (3,359) arrests and 65,915.891 kilograms of assorted drugs seized within the same period.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding that no fewer than Two Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Three (2,223) drug users were also counselled through brief interventions and rehabilitated in NDLEA facilities across the country in the first quarter of the year; and that these figures represents a fair balance between the Agency\u2019s drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the NDLEA, in its report made available to newsmen Wednesday, Lagos has the highest figure of drug seizures with 22,192.62 kilograms of illicit substances recovered from parts of the state, followed by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Command, Ikeja, also in Lagos, with 8,979.869kg of drugs seized between Jan and March, while Kano and Kaduna led the pack in the arrests of offenders with 194 arrests each within the same period.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">While a total of 257 hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed in forests across Ondo state, 14.869 hectares suffered same fate in Edo and an hectare destroyed in Bayelsa state within the same period.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A further breakdown of the drugs seized within the first quarter of the year shows Cannabis leading the table in January with 8,205.75kg; followed by Codeine -414.281kg; Diazepam -192.459kg; Tramadol -135.067kg; Rophynol -43.062kg and Cocaine -24.32kg. In February, Cannabis also topped the list of seizures with 20,538.79kg; Codeine -1,848.052kg; Tramadol -540.354kg; Diazepam -137.041kg; Rophynol -80.261kg; Cocaine -15.727kg; Methamphetamine \u2013 6.207kg and Heroin \u2013 4.006kg.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cannabis also topped the list of seizures in March with 21,583.81kg; followed by Tramadol -8,965.319kg; Codeine -417.207kg; Diazepam -57.755kg; Cocaine -45.082kg; Methamphetamine -7.527kg; Rophynol -6.34kg and Heroin -1.497kg.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">While appreciating the commitment of officers and men of the Agency for a commendable performance in the first quarter of the year, Chairman\/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) urged them not to rest on their oars. 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