NDLEA Arrests 21 Drug Dealers, Seizes 299kg of Illicit substances In Taraba
BY AMEH IDUJAGI, JALINGO – The Taraba Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 21 suspected drugs dealers and seized about 299.6 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs.
Parading the suspects and seized items in Jalingo at the weekend, Commander of the NDLEA in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, said operatives of the command made the arrests in some flash points across the state.
He listed items seized as 239.9 kg of Cannabis Sativa popularly known as Indian Hemp; and 59. 7kg of Psychotropic Substances, including 274 bottles of Codeine Syrups.
He said so far, nine of the suspects have been charged to the Federal High Court in Jalingo while investigations were still on-going on the remaining suspects.
Jadi said the successes recorded were within 40 days of his assuming office in Taraba, following his transfer from Kebbi State, adding that the development is as a result of numerous raids across some major flash points in the State.
“The raided areas include Gidin-Doruwa, in Wukari LGA; Road Block area; Forest; Kogin-Sarki; Kogin-Malam-Garba; Maijidda Plaza; Mayodasa; Sabongari; and Mile Six all in Jalingo.
“The raid operation is a continues exercise in order to make Jalingo metropolis a drug free society,” Alhaji Jadi said.
Appreciating the Taraba State government for its support in the area of logistics, the Commander appealed to Governor Darius Ishaku to provide the Command with a bigger facility that would accommodate the staff and its rehabilitation programmes
“Currently our rehabilitation clients are taken to Bauchi State while some of our seized drugs are stored in Yola because our store in Jalingo is too small to accommodate the seized drugs, ” he said.
The NDLEA Commander also charged the people to provide the Agency with useful information that would lead to the arrest of illicit drug dealers within the state.