THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday in Ibadan, destroyed Indian hemp, cocaine, heroin and psychotropic substances that weighed 20,784 595 kilogrammes and was worth N65 million.
The drugs burnt at the Akilapa Village, according to the state Commander of the NDLEA, Mrs. Omolade Faboyede, comprised 20,769.125 kilogrammes cannabis sativa, 15.370 kilogrammes of psychotropic substances, 100 grammes of cocaine and 1.5 grammes of heroine .
Noting that the essence of the public burning was to avoid the recycling of the seized drugs into circulation, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, who was represented on the occasion by the Director of Operations and General Investigation, Mr. Olugbenga Mabo, said the various illicit drugs were burnt in line with the agency’s strategic plan towards having a violence free general elections in 2015.
source: newtelegraph
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