NDLEA seizes N80m worth of drugs, arrests 134 suspects

<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) FCT command, has seized 3,988.74 kilograms of assorted drugs with a monetary value of N80 milion.</p>, <p>The FCT commander, Commander of Narcotics, (CN) Mr Kabir Tsakuwa disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.</p>, <p>Tsakuwa, however, said that a total of 134 suspected drug traffickers, peddlers and abusers were also arrested in the same period.</p>, <p>He named the assorted drugs as cannabis Sativa, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Tramadol, Rohypnol and Diazepam.</p>, <p>He added that the major drug seized by the Operatives of the NDLEA was cannabis sativa, adding that many suspects were prosecuted and convicted in the same period.</p>, <p>According to him, cannabis sativa seized within the same period included 3,861.789kg, while cocaine intercepted weighed 0.038Kg</p>, <p>“Others include diazepam which weighs 13.63Kg, Tramadol – 105.136Kg, while Methamphetamine weighs 3.024Kg; Ecstasy weighs 0.009kg, with Pentazocine weighing 1.070Kg.</p>, <p>“134 suspected drug users and traffickers were arrested in the third quarter, out of which 128 are males and six are females.</p>, <p>“The total street value of drugs seized within the same period is about Eighty Million Naira (N80m).</p>, <p>“One hundred and four (104) suspects were prosecuted, out of which 27 were convicted,” he said.</p>