NDLEA Destroys Millions Hectares Of Cannabis Farms, Arrest Over 200.

NDLEA Destroys Millions Hectares Of Cannabis Farms, Arrest Over 200.
  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has allegedly told the Nation that not less than 20 people have been convicted for their involvement in deals in fake and prohibited drugs in the last one year.

According to the law enforcement, these arrested people are amongst the 246 people arrested from Edo State in the last year.
According to their report, over 116 million hectares of land used for the planting of cannabis sativa also known as India hemp was destroyed while 29.516kg of different types of hard drugs were also seized during the last one year.
The State Commander of the NDLEA, Buba Wakawa, who disclosed this at the 2015 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking in Benin, explained that the convictions and arrests were secured within an assessment period of June 26, 2014 to June 26, 2015

Wakawa noted that as part of efforts aimed at reducing the demand for illicit substances in the state, 126 drug-dependent persons had been counselled, rehabilitated and re-integrated into the society.
Members of the public must be sensitive and report suspicious drug activities in their neighbourhood, which will help in ensuring that every drug trafficker is arrested and prosecuted.

“May I also use this opportunity to appeal to the Edo State Drug Abuse Control Committee, through the Ministry of Health to partner with us in the planning and implementation of (illicit drug trafficking) eradication programmes,” Wakawa added.
In another similar development, the NDLEA in Akwa Ibom State has come out to announce that they have successfully seized nine bags of Marijuana, bottles of marijuana mixed with locally made dry gin along with heroin and cocaine from some dealers located at Atai- Otoro Abat, local Government Area.
The state commander Mr Shadow Guara had this to say to news men at Uyo on thursday. “All these nine bags including the briefcase box contain Indian hemp seized from various places during our routine raid operations. These nine bags were apprehended in Attai-Otoro, Abak Local Government Area.

“Because of the intensity of our operations here in Uyo, the dealers have run to the villages where they continue with the illegal business but unfortunately, their customers still trace them through their network to those villages to buy these drugs”
“Let’s Develop Our Lives, Our Communities, Our Identities Without Drugs.”

He lamented that the rate at which the youths in the state consume narcotics and other illicit drugs was alarming, adding that something needed to be done to salvage them.

He urged parents to monitor their wards and friends so that they could prevent them from abusing drug.

Gaura observed that while parents were busy investing in the positive growth and well-being of their children, drug abuse might make this possible.

He said, “We are combing those hideouts and we are recording huge successes through arrest of culprits, even some of them who succeed and come back to town with the drugs, would be intercepted by our men. All those we apprehended, have been charged to court.”

In a similar event to commemorate the international day against drug abuse held in Cross River State, the NDLEA said 185 suspects were arrested with drug in the state.

The state Commander of NDLEA, Mrs. AnthoniaEdeh, said the suspects were arrested with drug exhibit totalling 1.4 tonnes of cannabis sativa, 6.4035kg of cocaine and 18g of heroin.

According to her, the arrested suspects include 175 male and 10 females.

NDLEA Destroys Millions Hectares Of Cannabis Farms