No fewer than 192 suspected drug traffickers have been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency between January and September in Ebonyi State.
According to the State Commander of the agency, Mr Iyke Uche, NDLEA, during the raid also seized 113.414 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa.
Uche, during the interview in Abakaliki added that 0.0621kgs methamphetamine, locally known as Mkpurummiri, was also seized within the period under review.
The Commander also added that the state had low business in drug trafficking but many consumers.
He stated that, “The seizures were made by our personnel in different locations across communities in the state.
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“There is no prevalence drug business here in Ebonyi but there are consumers. We counselled a total of 92 drug users in the state in the period under review.
“Ebonyi is a crime prone state like the issue gunmen attack and other criminalities. Most crimes usually take place with the intake of drugs. Of course, there are drug enhanced violence crimes in the state.
“So, we will intensity efforts on sensitisations. We are going to strengthen campaigns in schools in order nip drug abuses in the bud in the state.”
Uche reiterated the state’s Agency commitment to work in tune with the vision of the NDLEA against drug abuse and trafficking.
He also appealed with the media to team up with the government and necessary agencies to fight curtailing the menace of illicit substances in the state.