The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested no fewer than 352 suspects and seized 2.1 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano State.

The NDLEA Commander in Kano State, Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with NAN in Kano on Thursday.

Idris-Ahmad said the seizures and arrests were made between January and March 2023.

He stated that the suspects arrested were 208 males and 44 females, while the drugs seized included 955.304 kg of Cannabis Sativa and 1,225.05 kg of codeine and tramadol.

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Others, according to him, were 25 grammes of cocaine, 17 grammes of heroine, and 52 grammes of methamphetamine.

The NDLEA Commander said the major challenge before the agency in Kano State was convincing communities to expose peddlers of illicit drugs in their midst.

“Our challenge is being able to educate the communities to provide useful information about the hideouts of drug users or peddlers whose activities had continued to impact negatively on the society.

“People should be aware of the dangers that drug users or traffickers constitute in the society so that the public will come out with useful information to ensure a drug-free society,” Idris-Ahmad said.

He, therefore, appealed to the people of Kano State to provide useful and timely information on drug traffickers to the command, so as to take them out of circulation and safeguard the society.

The Star