The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mohammed Bashir, made this known while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command within the period under review.
“I took over the command on November 10 as the 16th state commander. After an overview of the drug situation in the state, looking at the arrests and seizures, age and gender, we decided to tackle the situation in the state using an evidence-based approach in terms of substance use and intensify our raid operations, patrol and surveillance.
“This approach has yielded positive results with 993 arrests. They comprised 977 males and 16 females. “The total drugs seized within the period is 1,555,446kgs. This is made up of 1,473.795kgs of cannabis sativa, 81.651,39kgs of psychotropic substances and 92.95 litres of cough syrup with codeine,” he said.Bashir said the drug demand reduction unit of the command was able to counsel and rehabilitate 76 people.
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