The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kebbi State Command, has destroyed 25,381.495 kilogrammes of seized drug exhibits worth billions of naira in street value.
The exercise, carried out on Saturday in the Kola area of Birnin Kebbi, involved zero point two –seven kilograms of cocaine, approximately seventeen Kilograms of cannabis sativa, zero point three –six kilograms of methamphetamine and three hundred and forty kilograms of Akuskura or THC.
About eight point one kilogramme of tramadol was also burnt totaling twenty five point Four kilograms of illegal drugs destroyed
Mean While, The Deputy Director in charge of General Operations at the NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Muhammed Usman, who represented the agency’s Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), said the Federal High Court in Birnin Kebbi granted the order for the public destruction in line with Section 3, Subsection 1 of the NDLEA Act.
He said THE occasion signifies a major achievement in our ongoing efforts to curb substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.”
Marwa added that the destruction of the confiscated drugs stands as clear evidence of the agency’s commitment to building a drug-free society, noting that it sends a strong warning to those involved in illicit drug activities.
He warned that the menace of illegal drugs continues to devastate lives, tear families apart, and weaken the fabric of Nigerian society.
Earlier, the Kebbi State NDLEA Commander, Rabiu Abdullahi Sokoto, said the strategic location of the state has unfortunately made it a transit route for drug traffickers.
He remarked that the state’s porous borders with Niger Republic to the north and Benin Republic to the west have increased the inflow of illicit substances into our great nation through the state
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