The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State has arrested 1,345 suspects and seized 8,430.239kg of assorted illicit substances that included cannabis sativa, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, tramadol, and codeine.
The spokesman of the agency in Kano, ASN Sadiq Muhammad Maigatari, said in a statement that among these significant seizures were over 5,000,000 tablets of Tramadol intercepted along Zaria-Kano Road in a single seizure, disrupting the supply chain and significantly reducing the availability of the harmful substances in the state.
He said during the command’s “Operation Hana Maye,” over 20 drug joints in notorious areas such as Filin Idi, Dan Agundi, Sani Abacha Youth Centre, and Sani Abacha Stadium, were successfully dismantled.
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Maigatari asserted that NDLEA had also secured 128 convictions in 2024, among them 12 drug peddlers arrested at the Filin Idi drug den who were found guilty and sentenced to three years imprisonment with no option of a fine.
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