{"id":7664,"date":"2023-06-21T00:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T23:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=7664"},"modified":"2023-06-21T00:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T23:26:27","slug":"kogi-ndlea-arrests-90-drug-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-ndlea-arrests-90-drug-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi NDLEA Arrests 90 Drug Suspects\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Kogi Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it has seized a total of 1,699.2kg of assorted drugs this year.<\/p>\n
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It said that 90 suspected drug traffickers were arrested within the period.<\/p>\n
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Alhaji Abdulkadir Fakai-Abdullahi, the Commander, disclosed this in a press briefing to mark a week-long celebration of the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking.<\/p>\n
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This year\u2019s celebration has the theme: \u201cPeople first: Stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention\u201d.<\/p>\n
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The Commander said that the assorted drugs included Cannabis sativa, codeine, Methamphetamine, Exol-5, Diazepam, tramadol, Pentazocine, among others.<\/p>\n
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He said that many of the suspects had already been charged to court.<\/p>\n
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Fakai-Abdullahi said that the command had recorded three convictions within the period under review and counseled several drug users some of which were integrated into the society.<\/p>\n
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He warned drug dealers against venturing into Kogi as the consequences would be dire.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt is either they stop or the long arms of the law will definitely catch up with them.<\/p>\n
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He said that the drug war was a task that should not be left in the hands of the agency alone.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe general public must cooperate, support and provide useful information that will help us to get to the traffickers and users.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAll hands must be on deck since the Agency cannot do it alone. Everyone must give us a helping hand,\u201d he said. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kogi Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it has seized a total of…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[34,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-7664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crime","7":"tag-kogi","8":"tag-ndlea"},"yoast_head":"\n