Just-In: NDLEA Captured 155 Alleged And Seized 97KG Of Unlawful Medications In Bayelsa

NDLEA Captures 155 Suspects And Seizes 97KG Of Unlawful Medications In Bayelsa.

Public Medication Policing has revealed that the battle against illegal medication dealing has kept on yielding outcomes with the new capture of 155 suspects for different unlawful medication offences in the state. b The state NDLEA Administrator, Kanu Chukwuemeka, made the exposure on Wednesday while tending to newsmen in Yenagoa, the state capital.

Speaking during the 2024 Joined Countries Day Against Chronic Drug Use and Illegal Dealing, with the subject, 'The proof is clear: Put resources into counteraction', he likewise expressed that the order has captured 97.826 kg of different unlawful medications.

He deplored the ceaseless assaults on the Order's faculty and the absence of a marine unit and gunboats to arraign the conflict against illicit drug use and dealing with the seaside regions.

 "Lagos State, as a state with seaside networks, has an undeniable marine unit with gunboats; Bayelsa, with riverine waterfront networks, likewise merits a marine unit and gunboats, which we have been clamouring for.

"Our men are constantly gone after while working by young people. However, this has been a test; it has not prevented them from fulfilling their obligations," he said.

 On the triumphs recorded, he said the order under his authority has conceded 14 young people for inpatient medication recovery, out of which six have been restored and released."The NDLEA likewise completed the Trustworthiness Medication Test for early identification, counteraction, and even treatment of substance misuse.

 Furthermore, we have effectively completed this test on nearly 100 people in the state from January to date."Also, for brief mediation advising cases, the order has directed 107 clients, comprised of 76 males and 31 females. 

Moreover, the Order has taken the Conflict Against Chronic Drug Use (WADA) crusade through drug sharpening to networks, schools, holy places, engine stops, markets, and radio broadcasts, hence contacting each spirit in Bayelsa State.