Kolawole Oloyede

The National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kano state command said it has secured conviction of 299 suspects, both males and females, while a total of 37.851 kg of  hard drugs have been recovered from suspects between January and November this year.

The command further disclosed that it made a recent arrest of three young men carrying 56.6 kg of methamphetamine, carefully concealed inside cartoons, meant for export to Malaysia.

Speaking to journalists in kano on Friday at the state headquarter of NDLEA, the Kano commander ,  Hamza Umar , said the men disclosed that the substances were for export to Malaysia via Malam Aminu Kano International Airport , Kano.

Umar also gave a breakdown  of the arrests and seizure of dangerous drugs made by the command within the period. He said a total  of 761 suspects was arrested, which included 755 males and six females.

A total of 37, 851.0 kg of drugs was seized, with Canabis sativa constituting 2,822.913kg while Psychotropic substances are 34,971.418kg. Cocaine is 118.1g, heroine ,7g  and  ephedrine 24.8kg.

The number of drug users counseled are: 534 males and 8 females.

“It is important to note that NDLEA, had discovered about seven clandestine laboratories in Lagos and the Eastern part of the country, where these substance are produced and arrests were made including foreign nationals,” Umar stated.