The Osun State Command of National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 253 drug suspects.
This was disclosed by the State Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr. Samuel Egbeola, when he reviewed the activities of the command between June 2020 and June 2021.
Egbeola said that 240 males and 13 females were arrested within the period under review.
He stressed that the command seized over 385.539 kilogrammes of different illicit substances made up of cannabis sativa, tramadol, ryphnol while 10.050 hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed.
Egbeola also noted that the period under review also witnessed the conviction of one drug suspects while about 30 cases are pending in the court.
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He also said that 167of them were counseled.
He emphasised that enlightenment campaigns had been organised in several secondary and tertiary institutions in the state during the period and remarked that the feat achieved during this period were made possible through the assistance of several stakeholders.
(This Day)
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