Agency arrest 63 drug traffickers in Nasarawa [see photo]

The NDLEA in Nasarawa
state has arrested 63
drug traffickers and
seized 535kg of
narcotics.



The Nasarawa State
Command of the National
Drug and Law
Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA), March 20, has
seized 535kg of narcotic and
psychotropic substances in
the process, the agency
announced on Friday, March
20.
The anti-graft agency
arrested 63 persons in
connection to the drugs.
The head of the agency in
Nasarawa, Sumaila Ethan,
told journalists in Lafia that
the suspects were
apprehended in the
Yankaddle village, Keffi
Local Government area. He
revealed that four suspects
were arrested, prosecuted
and convicted at the Federal
High Court, Lafia, the state
capital.
“In the first quarter of 2015,
63 suspects were arrested
and about five hundred and
thirty five kilograms of
narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances
were seized. “One of the
most sensational arrest and
seizure that we have made
is that of two drug barons
who were conveying 55 bags
of cannabis sativa in a
Toyota Siena SUV,” Ethan
said.