The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 7,345.209 kilograms of illicit drugs and substances worth N125.71 million in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The NDLEA Commander in FCT, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja added that the illicit drugs were intercepted in 2023.
Tsakuwa named the various drugs intercepted as Marijuana, Cocaine, Diazepam, Methamphetamine, Rohypnol, Tramadol, Pentazocine, Heroin, Megadon and Ecstasy among others.
Giving breakdown of the seizures, the commander said a total of 7, 138.72kg of marijuana was intercepted by operatives of the agency within the period under review.
He noted other drugs seized in 2023 included 0.5kg of Cocaine; Diazepam, 29.629kg; Methamphetamine, 4.587kg; Rohyphol, 5.934kg and 133.753kg of Tramadol.
Tsakuwa added that the rest of the illicit drugs intercepted were Pentazocine weighing 21.727kg; Heroin, 0.002kg; Megadon, 0.263kg and Ecstasy, 0.134kg.
“All the illicit drugs and substances intercepted were with the street value of N125, 714, 620 million”, he said.
The NDLEA commander said 640 suspects comprising 614 males and 26 females were arrested within the period under review.
Tsakuwa stated that out of the number, 295 of the suspects were charged to court and 201 of them were convicted while 264 cases are pending in the Federal High Court, Abuja.
On rehabilitation, he disclosed that within the year under review, 175 drug users were counseled and helped back into the society out of which, 172 were males and three were females.
