NDLEA arrests 24 suspected drug traffickers in Bayelsa

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NDLEA arrests 24 suspected drug traffickers in Bayelsa
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Bayelsa State Command, on Friday disclosed that it had arrested 24 suspected drug traffickers in Bayelsa State.

Spokesman of the NDLEA in the state, Mr. Ikenna Osakwe, said in a statement in Yenagoa yesterday that the suspects, 20 males and four females, were intercepted within the
metropolis and on the popular East-West Road.

Osakwe, a Superintendent of Narcotics and Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, said during the period, a total 8.706kg of illicit hard drugs were seized.
The body bemoaned the rising cases of illegal drugs consumption in the state, noting that psychotropic substances, (drugs that provide pleasure or ameliorate pain, and may cause physical dependence and tolerance) had become a source of worry for the agency.

According to the NDLEA, it had even become more worrisome that young girls and pregnant women had recently been involving themselves in the illegal act.
“It is worthy of note that of the above quantities, Cannabis Sativa and psychotropic substances accounted for a substantial part of the recovered illicit drugs.

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