By Dunamis Ogalah The Katsina State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says between January and June 2022, ...
By Dunamis Ogalah
The Katsina State Command of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says between January and June 2022, it arrested 345
suspected drug dealers and secured 15 convictions.
The command also disclosed that it counselled and
rehabilitated 388 substance abusers in the period under review.
The state NDLEA Commander, Mohammed Bashir Ibrahim, made the
disclosure on Monday while briefing journalists ahead of its planned activities
for the 2022 United Nations (UN) Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking, with
the theme: “Addressing Drug Challenges in Health and Humanitarian Crises”.
Ibrahim noted that out of the 345 suspects arrested, only
six were female.
The Katsina NDLEA Boss explained that during the period
under review, many drug joints were also destroyed in a series of raids across
the state, leading to the arrest of 491 suspected drug peddlers and users in
the state.
Through the Command’s launched War Against Drug Abuse
(WADA), a pet project of the NDLEA Chairman, Bubba Marwa, prominent citizens in
the state were mobilized to serve as ambassadors, advocating for a drug-free
society.
He commended the state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari for his
assistance to the command recently, approving the counselling and
rehabilitations of about 48 substance depending persons in the state.
He further appealed to the Katsina Governor to kindly
consider more assistance to the command, especially in the area of logistics
hampering its operations in the state, assuring the state government that “the
men and officers of the command under his watch would not relent until the
menace of illicit drug abuse and trafficking is tackled in the state.”
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