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Saturday 24 June 2023

NDLEA Seals Fuel Station In Suleja Over Alleged Storage Of Indian Hemp



The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger State has closed down the Oyoyo Filling Station along Kaduna-Abuja Road in Suleja, for allegedly being used to store Indian hemp for trafficking.

The State Commander of the NDLEA, Mr Musa Bwalin, made this known in Minna on Saturday.

He revealed that the security man and some staff of the filling station have been taken into custody for further investigation, noting that they will be taken to court afterwards, for prosecution.

Bwalin said the command had so far arrested a total of 250 suspected drug dealers, out of whom 64 were convicted.

According to him, 1,2072 kilograms of illicit drugs were recovered, while another 2,272 kilograms of Indian hemp were intercepted by his men in Suleja Area Command, adding that the Indian hemp was to be transported to Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory.

The NDLEA state commander further revealed that the command recovered a total of 2,218.02 kilograms of Indian hemp in Niger State during various raids on some identified black spots where the illicit substance had been consumed.

While assuring that the command will continue to make the state inhabitable for drug merchants, Bwalin appealed to the Niger State Governor, Hon. Mohammed Umar Bago, to assist the agency with operational vehicles to enable them to rid the state of sales and consumption of illicit drugs,

The state Commander urged members of the Public to refrain from stigmatizing those who are into drugs, adding that such act will only make them more addicted to drugs.

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