Pubdate: Wed, 13 Jul 2005
Source: Vanguard (Nigeria)
Copyright: 2005 Vanguard.
Contact:  http://www.vanguardngr.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2890
Author: Evelyn Usman, Lagos
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NDLEA SEIZES 1000KG OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN 6 MONTHS

The Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency 
(NDLEA) yesterday disclosed that it had made a seizure of 9482.92kg 
of various types of illicit drugs from sixty-two dealers in the first 
half of the year .

The seizure which it noted as the highest since the establishment o f 
the command, doubled those made in years 2003 and 2004 put together.

The command boss, Mr Abiodun Adesola who made the disclosure at a 
press conference to flag off programmes for Drug free day in Lagos 
State, described the feat as a tremendous assault on the psyche of 
drug dealers.

A break down of the seizure according to Adesola revealed that 394kg 
were seized from eight suspects in January; 158kg were seized from 12 
dealers in February while the largest seizure was made in March with 
the recovery of 7015.95kg seized from ten suspects among who was a lunatic.

A seizure of 447.85kg of substance suspected to be heroine was made 
in the month of April with the arrest of nine persons, 1033.92kg of 
same substance was seized from seven dealers in the month May and 
433.3seizure was made with the arrested of sixteen persons in June.

The command boss also revealed that a total number of 123 drug 
dealers were arrested in year 2003 with the seizure of 1860.5 
kiligrames of hard drugs while 186 dealers were arrested in the 
course of various operations carried out across the nooks and 
crannies of the state with the seizure 4935.6kg of suspected 
marijuana in year 2004.
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