Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kebbi State Command said about 211 suspects were arrested in the state between January and December 2017 in relations with possession, sale, consumption and trafficking of illicit drugs. The State Commandant, Suleiman Jadi who made this known on Monday in a chat with NAN also hinted that the Command secured a total of 20 convictions of offenders while many other cases are still ongoing across the various courts in the state.
“Within this period, 363.630 kg of cannabis sativa, 3354.009 kg of psychotropic substances; Tramadol 2387.039 kg and Cough syrup with Codeine 864.144 kg , were all removed from circulation.
“The command noticed that Tramadol was the highest drug seized during the period under review,” he added.