The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has
declared that the most dangerous drugs circulated in
the country are produced in Anambra State.
The state NDLEA Commander, Mr. Sule Momodu,
who made the declaration on Saturday at the
Women’s Development Centre in Awka to mark the
2015 United Nations Day against Drug Abuse and
Trafficking, identified one of the dangerous drugs
produced in the state as methamphetamine
Momodu expressed worry over the increasing
production of illicit drugs, abuse and trafficking in the
state and called for a concerted effort to stop the
development.
He disclosed that the anti-drug abuse and trafficking
agency arrested at least 122 drug suspects between
January and June this year. While 114 of them were
men, eight were women.
A total of 110.624kg of illicit drug, he said, was seized
during the period under review with cannabis sativa
known as marijuana topping with 107.26kg.
Other seizures were cocaine, 138.2 grammes,
heroine, 100.54grammes, liquid methamphetamine
2.615kg and solid methamphetamine 510 grammes.
The NDLEA commander said the agency also
arraigned 22 suspects during the period, out of which
eight convictions were obtained while 28 fresh cases
were filed.
He expressed optimism that the agency would fight
drug abuse and trafficking in the state, asking
stakeholders to join hands in the campaign against
drug abuse.
Momodu warned that if the war against illicit drug
use and trafficking “is not won now, the scourge will
take over the society soonest.”
He lauded the state Governor, Willie Obiano, for the
support he had given to the agency, especially
involving it in the State Security Council and the
approval of a parcel of land in Awka, the state capital,
for the building of the agency’s rehabilitation centre.
Momodu, however, called for the inauguration of the
state Drug Control Committee to help drive national
drug control plans and objectives.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jesophat
Akabuike, who represented the governor at the event,
restated the state’s commitment to the fight against
crime in the state, including drug abuse and
trafficking.
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