BY GODWIN OBI

The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested 43 drugs dealers and consumers of illicit substances, while 137.55 kilograms of assorted drugs including Cocaine, were Seized.

According to the Agency’s spokesman Femi Babafemi, in Nasarawa state, the operatives backed by a detachment of soldiers from the 177 battalions of the Nigerian Army, Keffi, raided notorious drug joints located in Kara Masaka, Ruwa Ruwa Uke, Abattoir at the border with FCT, Filing Bala, Masaka U-Turn and other Flashpoints for two consecutive days; on the 5th and 6th August 2021 and arrested 41 suspects, while cocaine, cannabis Sativa, cough syrup with codeine, Rohypnol and tramadol weighing 65.250kg were recovered from them.

Cannabis planted by the drug dealers in the adjoining bushes were also destroyed while all the stalls in the drug markets were dismantled and set ablaze.

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