The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kwara state command has intercepted 2.6tons of hard drugs and arrested 929 suspects between January and December this year.
The Commander of NDLEA in Kwara state ,Fatima Popoola stated this while briefing newsmen on the achievement of the command in Ilorin.
She said out of the total suspect arrested 839 are male while 90 are female.
Mrs Popoola said the hard drugs recovered included, Cannabis, tramadol,diazapam,methamphetamine, Caugh syrup laced with codeine,and cocaine/Crack among others
She said cannabis which top the list of the drugs account for 1,455.529 kilogrammes of the total seizures.
The NDLEA Commander explained that the mop up of the 1.5tons of cannabis from the streets was commendable adding that it will reduce the it’s destructive effect on the society.
She noted that during a rapid operation of drug joint the command arrested 185 drunk users who were counsel at the drug demand reduction unit and reintegrated with their family members.
The NDLEA boss noted that in the commands intervention efforts 22 clients were admitted into the rehabilitation facility in addition to 17 others who are non -residential coming from their homes for counselling during the period under review.
Mrs Popoola maintained that the legal services unit has also secured 133 conviction at the federal high court,with 14 vehicles and 12 Motorcycles used in the commission of crime and money forfeited to the federal government.
She said the command in collaboration with the state government had commenced the implementation of the drug testing policy on 261 fresh students of Kwara state University ,the Vice Chancellor,and Dean of Student Affairs.
The NDLEA Commander commended the efforts of the state government and other security agencies for supporting their activities.
She advised parents and guardians to have interest in the activities of their children to prevent them from joining bad gang.
Mrs Popoola urged the state government to assist the command with additional operational vehicles as well as the completion of it’s rehabilitation centre to make their work easier.
She appealed to the general public to assist the command with information on the activities of drug traffickers to enable them succeed.END
COV/ALI MUHAMMAD RABIUA
