Nigeria: NDLEA Hits Record 5,000-Kilo Drug Haul

10 January 2013

Anti-narcotics agencies seized over 5000 kilogrammes of illicit drugs last year - a haulage tonnes larger than the entire 3807 kilos of narcotics confiscated in 2011.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency also arrested a total 254 suspects for drug trafficking in moves to clampdown on supply, said the agency's Obiefule Chidi, deputy commander of narcotics.

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