The Kano Zone of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA), on Monday night, destroyed a total of 54,244,639 kilograms of narcotic
and psychotropic substance.
The exhibits, which were
seized by both the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Command and
the Kano State Command of the Agency between the period of 2016 and 2017 , were
approved for destruction by a Federal High Court of Justice in Kano .
A delighted Kano State
Commander of the Agency, Alhaji Hamza Umar, listed the destroyed substance to
include 111,504,822 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa , 42,700,27 kilograms of
Psychotropic Substance, 26.187 kilograms of Cocaine and 13.360 kilograms of
Heroine
According to him, the
exhibits represented only but a fraction of the arrested drugs in both Commands
even as he appreciated the efforts of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for
assisting them with supportive logistics such as operational vehicles and a
conducive atmosphere to discharge their mandate in the state.
Speaking at the event, the
Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) , Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd.), expressed relief at the burning
exercise, describing it” as the concluding part of our tortuous operations and
investigative process”
He remarked that while
tonnage of the seized drugs were indicative of an impressive performance by his
officers, the interception of 54.255 metric tons of drugs in a particular state
in no such a long period of time was unacceptable and worrisome .
While saying that the volume
of intercepted drugs spoke a lot about the prevalence of drugs in the state ,
he pointed out also that in many states where the same exercise had been
conducted, the major drug had been cannabis Sativa .
“The trend here in the state
is more complex in that we are talking of the seizures of multiple drugs with
all of them in considerable quantities” he ventured .
The NDLEA boss said that the
country had lamented over the drug problem for too long, played the ostrich for
too long also , saying that what was needed was immediate action by all and
sundry to tame the menace of drug abuse in the country.
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