Mr Raph Igwenagu, Ebonyi State Commander of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency on Saturday said it arrested 85 suspects for drug
related offences in the first half of 2015.
Igwenagu made this known in Abakaliki at a forum to commemorate the
2015 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking.
He said 75 males and 10 females were arrested while 55 kilogrammes of drugs were seized from the suspects.
“The command also secured the conviction of 25 suspects while 35 drug
users were counselled and discharged and three drug dependent persons
are still undergoing rehabilitation,” he said.
According to him, drug abuse does not only influence anti-social
behaviour, it is a major predisposing factor for all forms of crimes and
criminalities such as youth restiveness, armed robbery, cultism,
assassination, among others.
The commander held that youth’s involvement in drug abuse had brought
about unprecedented breakdown in societal and family values, increase
in school dropouts, low productivity and the spread of HIV and AIDS.
He called on Nigerians to join hands in the effort to critically
appraise the menace of drug challenges in the society and to evolve
means to eradicate its inherent dangers to the country.
“This
programme serves as a veritable platform for the agency to critically
appraise its activities in the better part of the year as well as
provide the compass necessary to chart a way forward,” he said.
The Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Dikko Maigari, cautioned
Nigerian youths against involvement in drug abuse in view of its
damaging effect on the body and the society.
He warned that the long arms of the law would always catch up with
those who are involved in drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
Source: Punchng
27 Jun 2015
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