NDLEA arrests 140 drug traffickers in
Bayelsa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA), Bayelsa State Command, Tuseday, said
it arrested 140 drug traffickers and confiscated
404.411 kilogrammes of different types of
narcotics in the state. The agency’s Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs,
Mr. Ikenna Osakwe, said in a statement Tuesday
that the agency recorded the success in 2015. Osakwe said out of the suspected drug
traffickers, 124 were males while 16 were
females. He said most of the arrested suspects were
between the ages of 24 and 45 years. He said: “Pertaining drug exhibits, a total of
404.411kg of various types of drugs were
recovered and seized. “Precisely, Cannabis Sativa accounted for
400.683kg, Cocaine 0.062kg, Heroin 0.033kg
and psychotropic substances 3.633kg. “Furthermore, 16 litres of Combine, aka
‘goskorine’, ‘monkey tail’ or ‘mukite’, a mixture
of Cannabis Sativa and alcohol was also seized. “It is worthy of note that N189, 370. 00
monetary exhibit was also seized in the year
under review. The total value of the drugs
seized was N2, 839,959.95.” Osakwe said 27 convictions were secured by
the agency while other cases were still at
various stages of prosecution. He added 96 drugs dependent persons were
counselled in the Drug Demand Reduction Unit
(DDRU) of the command. He said of the number, 27 persons had
successfully completed the three-month
mandatory process of counseling while 12 of
them were still undergoing the process. Osakwe further said public enlightenment
materials were also distributed during the
command’s public enlightenment programmes
to educate the people on the dangers of illicit
drug trafficking and abuse and to teach
intervention techniques for already drug dependent persons. He said: “It is the hope of the Command that in
2016, the level of cooperation and synergy
between the Command and relevant
stakeholders in the war against illicit drug
trafficking and abuse will significantly increase. “In this wise, we wish to invite all of the relevant
stakeholders, especially the state ministries of
Women Affairs, Education, Youth and Sports
Development among others, to be more active in
partnership with the command.”
Osakwe acknowledged and appreciated Governor Seriake Dickson and his cabinet for
the immense contributions and value added
towards the progress and functioning of the
command. He urged Bayelsa residents to remain vigilant
and report any incidences of illegal drug
activities to the command to safeguard the
health and well-being of all members of the
society.

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