According to Dailypost, the two suspects were nabbed with 500grammes of cocaine in Ondo West local government area of the state. The NDLEA state commander, Mohammed Sokoto, revealed this in the presence of reporters while taking account of year 2015 at the command state headquarters in Akure.
Sokoto said: “right now, we have a lot of surveillances on going in some places where we have pocketed some smokers and users of this cocaine. We have arrested two persons in connection to that; the suspects were arrested in Ondo and the investigation is still going on and as soon as they are convicted, we will let you know.”
He also revealed that the NDLEA seized about 113,305. 305.844kgs of cannabis sativa between January and December 2015. About 21 cannabis farmlands were also destroyed during the year, with about 323 acres, and an estimated 1,550.4 tons of destroyed stems of cannabis sativa.
Sokoto noted that the affected farmlands were located and destroyed at different forests in Elekano, Owo, Ogbese, Ifon, Ita-Gbolu, Idanre, Agodada, Ipele and Ileguta areas of the state.
His words: “A total of 210 suspects were arrested including 131 Males, 16 female, 53 counseled and 10 being rehabilitated. About 35 persons were convicted within this year. 11 vehicles and seven motorcycles were seized during the year. This includes four trucks, five saloon cars and two lorries”.
Sokoto commended the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko on the introduction of Cocoa Revolution Initiative Programme as part of ways of tackling planting of cannabis in the state. He revealed that the command has started liaising with Cocoa Merchant Association, Timber Trade Organisation and Timber Concessioners on a plan for them to take over all destroyed cannabis plantation in the government forest reserved areas.
He, however, said he believed such strategy would serve as a stop-gap towards gradual eradication of illicit cultivation of cannabis and help in sustaining the socio-economic development of the state.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Senate committee on drugs and narcotics, Philip Aruwa Gyunka, on Thursday, November 26, condemned the increasing use of illicit drugs by Nigerians.
Speaking against the backdrop of his inauguration as the vice chairman of the Senate committee on drugs and narcotics, Gyunka stated that Nigeria needs capable and accountable regulatory policies that are responsive to the needs of Nigerian communities and the evolving methods of Nigerian drug traffickers.
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