The National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano, has disclosed that it facilitated the convictions of 165 drug peddlers in 2017.
The NDLEA commandant, Hamza Umar spoke at a press briefing at its Mumbayya office. He said the convictions were obtained out of the 619 cases pending at the Federal High Court, Kano.
Umar said five suspects were also arrested for allegedly impersonating the agency in the defrauding of unsuspecting persons in the state.
He said the suspects were arrested alongside some computer experts, who helped them to produced fake NDLEA identity cards.
The NDLEA boss announced that the agency confiscated over 17 tons of illicit substances during the outgoing year.
He cited the recovered substances to include cocaine, heroine, marijuana, tramadol, codeine and other psychotropic drugs.
He said: “We have been informed about series of sharp practices by some people who parade themselves as NDLEA operatives.
‘165 drug peddlers convicted, five impostors arrested in Kano’
