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A/Ibom NDLEA Arrests 261 Suspects, Impounds 1,108.3kg Of Hard Drugs

Submitted by LEADERSHIP EDITORS on February 21, 2012 - 5:07am

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Akwa Ibom State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said that it arrested over 261 suspected drug peddlers   in 2011.

State commander of the Agency, Mrs. Josephine Obi, who disclosed this, yesterday, in Uyo while briefing news men on the activities of the agency said that the command also  seized 1,108.3kilogrammes of hard drugs worth millions of naira  and 136 litres of combination of alcohol and cannabis sativa during the year under review.

While reacting to a report by one of the newspapers that an Uyo business woman died in the Akwa Ibom NDLEA cell, the commander said that though the woman in question was arrested by the officers but slumped during a search on her house.

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