The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Anambra state command
has expressed worry over what it called outrageous illicit drug abuse
and trafficking in the state.
The agency which described the state as a home of drug traffickers,
said the most dangerous drug, methamphetamine is produced in Anambra
state.
It called for a concerted effort to fight the scourge, saying that the
agency arrested no fewer than 122 drug suspects between January and
June this year.
The State Commander of the Agency, Mr. Sule Momodu, stated this in an
address during the event to mark the 2015 United Nations Day Against
Illicit Drug Abuse and Trafficking.
He noted that 114 of the suspects arrested were men, while eight were
women as over 110.624kg of illicit drug were seized during the period
under review, with cannabis sativa known as marijuana topping with
107.26kg.
Other seizures were cocaine, 138.2 grams, heroine, 100.54grams, liquid
methamphetamine 2.615kg and solid methamphetamine 510 grams.
He said the agency also arraigned 22 suspects between January and June
2015, out of which eight convictions were obtained, while 28 fresh
cases were filed.
He expressed optimism that the agency would fight drug abuse and
trafficking in the State to a standstill, charging stakeholders to
join hands in the war against the cankerworm.
He warned that if the war against illicit drug use and trafficking "is
not won now the scourge will take over the society soonest".
He lauded the state governor, Willie Obiano, for the support he had
accorded the agency, especially involving it in the State Security
Council and approving of a parcel of land in Awka ,the state capital,
for the building of the agency's rehabilitation centre.
He called for the inauguration of the state Drug Control Committee to
help drive National Drug Control plans and objectives.
In his speech, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr.Jesophat
Akabuike, who represented the Governor on the occasion, restated the
state's commitment to fight all facets of criminalities in the state
including drug abuse and trafficking.
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