NDLEA Arrests Wanted Drug Baron, Seven Others in Kwara …To subject residents to drug test

The National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, on Thursday arrested eight suspected drug barons, including one on wanted list since 2017 in the state.

The state Commandant of NDLEA, Mr. Ambrose Umoru, who spoke with journalists in Ilorin on the major breakthrough of the command, said the arrest was achieved through the concerted efforts of the command that had been working round the clock to arrest the suspected drug barons in the state.

He said the command located the warehouse of the suspect as a result of   intelligence gatherings by officers of the command, adding that the command could not effect his arrest, but was able to recover about 396 bags of cannabis in 2017 which made the command declare him wanted since then.

Umoru attributed the arrest to the operation of the command tagged” ‘Operation keep Kwara drug-free’, which has resulted in a total arrest of seven suspected dealers and 19 people who use drugs. 

The commandant also stated that the command has begun voluntary drug test on youths and adults in the state, who are into the use of narcotic and psychotropic substances.

He said the test, which would be sponsored by the state command of the NDLEA is tagged ‘Know your child’s drug status’, noting that those working in companies, industries and motor parks across the state would also be subjected to the test.

Umoru said the purpose of the test was to determine and ascertain those that are into the discriminate use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the state.

The commandant, therefore, encouraged parents, relations, and guidance, who may have young ones or loved ones they suspect to have been drug abusers to bring them to the state command in Ilorin for the test.