NDLEA seizes over 10 tonnes of illicit drugs, recovers 40 firearms, 874 cartridges

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, successful Kogi State says it has seized much than 10 tonnes of illicit drugs and recovered 40 firearms and 874 cartridges from suspected cause dealers since precocious 2025.

Mr Umar Yahuza, State Commander of the NDLEA successful Kogi, disclosed this successful Lokoja portion speaking with newsmen aft the handover of the arms and ammunition to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons.

Yahuza said the recovered weapons comprised 5 pistols and 35 different firearms, adding that respective suspects had besides been arrested successful transportation with cause trafficking and related offences.

He said galore of the suspects were presently facing proceedings astatine the Federal High Court successful Lokoja, with much than 80 per cent of those lasting proceedings being males.

According to him, cannabis sativa constituted the largest quantity of illicit drugs seized by the command, followed by tramadol, cocaine and methamphetamine.

Yahuza said immoderate of the firearms were recovered from suspected cause dealers progressive successful cannabis cultivation, who acquired the weapons to face information unit during enforcement operations.

He added that the bid besides recovered counterfeit naira, dollar and lb notes, arsenic good arsenic counterfeit drugs, which were handed implicit to applicable agencies for fu...