National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Jigawa Command, arrested 677 suspected drug dealers and recovered 2,260 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs between January 2016 and July 2017.
The state commander of the agency, Josephine Obi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Jigawa in her address to mark the 2017 United Nations’ Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
She said that from January to December 2016, 382 suspects were arrested and 1,380.71 kilogrammes of cannabis and other psychotropic substances were seized.
She added that the agency secured the conviction of 84 suspects.
The commander said that N64, 043 million, a lorry, bus and motorcycle recovered from the suspects were forfeited to the Federal Government during the period under review.
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