Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency, the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that its operatives arrested 130 suspected drug dealers in Kaduna State in October with illicit drugs weighing 1,728.536kg. The agency’s Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, stated this on Wednesday in Kaduna, the state capital, adding that seven of the arrested suspects were females, while the agency also dismantled 20 notorious drug joints and sealed seven properties linked to drug traffickers.
The agency’s Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, stated this on Wednesday in Kaduna, the state capital, adding that seven of the arrested suspects were females, while the agency also dismantled 20 notorious drug joints and sealed seven properties linked to drug traffickers.Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency, the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency , has said that its operatives arrested 130 suspected drug dealers in Kaduna State in October with illicit drugs weighing 1,728.536kg.
Adoro further said that the agency recovered fake N1,000 notes totaling N300,000 from the suspected drug traffickers. He also said that the agency conducted sensitisation programmes in secondary schools in Kafanchan, Kaduna and Zaria, among other towns and cities.
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