Officers of the National Drugs Law Enforcement agency in Edo have intercepted thousands of tablets of illicit drugs and destroyed a drug farm in Edo State.
The Anti- narcotic officers of the agency who stomped Irrua, intercepted 10,280 tablets of Tramadol, 2000 tablets of Diazepam, 300 tablets of Swinol, 5000 tablets of Axol and 10 bottles of Codeine based syrup
They also destroyed 5.301713 hectares of cannabis farm in Oke forest, Ovia North East LGA, as part of efforts to disrupt all cannabis planting activities for the season in the state.
The agency also arrested a notorious drug dealer, Usman Alhaji a.k.a NEPA in Tsohuwar Kasuwa area of Potiskum town, Yobe State where 22 blocks of cannabis sativa were recovered from him.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi in a statement also revealed that, no fewer than 39 suspects were arrested across drug joints raided in parts of the Federal Capital Territory in the past weeks.
He added that different quantities of assorted illicit drugs were recovered from them.
Babafemi listed the areas raided between Saturday 4th June and Saturday 11th June to include Apo Mechanic (Cashew forest), Apo NEPA, Tora Bora, Gishiri junction, Jabi park, Jabi forest, Jabi Gidan Bola, Deidei area, Rugga area, City Gate, Sabon Lugbe, Basa village and Airport road.
He said the raid, which continues across Abuja, is a joint operation between the FCT Command of the Agency and the Chairman Monitoring Special Task Force.
The move according to him is to rid the capital territory of the activities of drug dealers and peddlers.
Meanwhile, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended the officers and men of the of Commands for their resilience.
He charged them and others across all commands to remain vigilant and committed to the collective goal of saving Nigeria from the drug scourge.
