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reports that National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday said no
fewer than twenty-two (21) people have been convicted for drug related offences
between January 2017 and February 2018 in Anambra state.
The Anambra State Commander of the Agency, Mr Sule Momodu, disclosed
this in an ABS participatory programme, NDLEA and You monitored by www.odogwublog.com in Awka.
Mr Momodu said the
suspects were convicted for being in possession of hard drugs such a cocaine,
heroin and cannabis sativa in different quantities ranging from zero point
seven grams to eighteen kilograms and received sentences ranging from twelve
months to seven years.
The State NDLEA boss, revealed that nineteen convictions
were secured in 2017 and three convictions secured in February 2018, while
stating that the agency will not relent in its efforts to ensure that the State
is totally rid of drug trafficking and abuse.
Mr Momodu who alerted the public of a new threat of the
abuse of methaplythamine that is beginning to rear its ugly head in the State,
called on the church and community leaders, to join in the fight against drug
abuse.
He commended the State government for its support to the
Agency in the fight especially for retaining it as a member of the State Security
Council, saying that such gesture is key to the successes being recorded in the
fight against the menace in the society.
22 Persons Convicted in Anambra for Drug Offenses
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