NDLEA Arrested 6,788 Suspects In 2010
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has disclosed that in 2010, it arrested 6,788 suspected drug traffickers and seized 178,120.725 kilogrammes of drugs.
The chairman of the agency, Ahmadu Giade who addressed journalists at a world press briefing at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos, South-West Nigeria, this morning said the suspects included 6,296 male and 492 female.
Giade said the breakdown of the drugs seized in 2010 showed that cannabis topped the list with 174,664.59 kilogrammes.
Psychotropic substances followed with 2,560.622 kilogrammes. Cocaine seizure amounted to 706.77 kilogrammes while heroine stood at 202.08 kilogrammes.
In 2009, the agency arrested 7,042 drug suspects comprising 6,700 male and 642 female; a total of 115,910.23 kilogrammes of drugs were seized.
The 2010 figures should that there was a slight reduction of 254 in the number of persons arrested as against 2009; 6.61 per cent.
However, while 342 females were arrested in 2009, 492 females were arrested in 2010.
The figure showed that Kano, with 618 suspected drug traffickers, made it the first on the arrest table in 2010. This is followed by Katsina and Rivers states which nabbed 399 and 299 drug suspects respectively.
In terms of drug seizures, Ondo State has the largest quantity with 67,979.795 kilogrammes of drugs seized.
Edo State came second with 39,501.006 kilogrammes while Delta State took the third position with a total seizure of 10,096.544 kilogrammes.
The seizures were mostly cannabis sativa.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has disclosed that in 2010, it arrested 6,788 suspected drug traffickers and seized 178,120.725 kilogrammes of drugs.
The chairman of the agency, Ahmadu Giade who addressed journalists at a world press briefing at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos, South-West Nigeria, this morning said the suspects included 6,296 male and 492 female.
Giade said the breakdown of the drugs seized in 2010 showed that cannabis topped the list with 174,664.59 kilogrammes.
Psychotropic substances followed with 2,560.622 kilogrammes. Cocaine seizure amounted to 706.77 kilogrammes while heroine stood at 202.08 kilogrammes.
In 2009, the agency arrested 7,042 drug suspects comprising 6,700 male and 642 female; a total of 115,910.23 kilogrammes of drugs were seized.
The 2010 figures should that there was a slight reduction of 254 in the number of persons arrested as against 2009; 6.61 per cent.
However, while 342 females were arrested in 2009, 492 females were arrested in 2010.
The figure showed that Kano, with 618 suspected drug traffickers, made it the first on the arrest table in 2010. This is followed by Katsina and Rivers states which nabbed 399 and 299 drug suspects respectively.
In terms of drug seizures, Ondo State has the largest quantity with 67,979.795 kilogrammes of drugs seized.
Edo State came second with 39,501.006 kilogrammes while Delta State took the third position with a total seizure of 10,096.544 kilogrammes.
The seizures were mostly cannabis sativa.
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