Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Tuesday said the agency has terminated illegal drugs weighing 20,000 kilograms and worth over N50 billion in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja. Information Guide Nigeria

Marwa who was deputized by Bar. Shadrach Haruna, the Secretary of the agency, said the sheer size of the drugs destroyed was a reminder of the magnitude of the drug problem in the country. DAILY POST reports.

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In Marwa’s words: “To be destroyed here today is approximately 20,000 kilograms of illicit drugs valued at over N50 billion”.

“Approximately, 19,598 kilograms of these assorted illicit drugs were seized by the FCT Command, comprising 19,178 kilograms of cannabis, 0.1 kilograms of cocaine, 0.009 kilograms of heroin, and 420 kilograms of other psychotropic substances”. jamb results

“The remaining kilograms, seized at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, (NAIA) comprised 173 kilograms of cocaine, 36 kilograms of heroin, 93 kilograms of ephedrine, 60 kilograms of methamphetamine, 58 grams of cannabis, 219 grams of Rohypnol, and 150 grams of Tramadol”.