Officials of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency have arrested 21 people suspected to be drug dealers and confiscated nearly 300 kilos of assorted illicit drugs.
Parading the suspects and the seized items in Jalingo on Friday, the Commander of the NDLEA in the state Suleiman Jadi said operatives of the command made the arrests in some flash points across the state.
He disclosed that the items seized include 239.9 kg of Cannabis Sativa popularly known as Indian Hemp and 59. 7kg of Psychotropic Substances, including 274 bottles of codeine syrups.
Jadi explained that nine of the suspects have been charged to the Federal High Court in Jalingo while investigation was still ongoing on the remaining suspects.
He said the success was recorded within 40 days of his assumption in Taraba, after his transfer from Kebbi State.
“The raided areas include Gidin-Doruwa, in Wukari LGA, Road Block area , Forest, Kogin-Sarki, Kogin-Malam-Garba, Maijidda Plaza, Mayodasa, Sabongari, and Mile Six all in Jalingo,” he said.
He however appreciated the state government for its support in the area of logistics, the Commander appealed to Gov. Darius Ishaku to provide the Command with a bigger facility that would house the staff and its rehabilitation programs.
The commandant said rehabilitation clients are taken to Bauchi State while some of our seized drugs are stored in Yola because our store in Jalingo is too small to accommodate the seized drugs, ” he said.
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