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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency<\/a> (NDLEA) has arrested 90 suspected drug traffickers in Niger between January and September, this year.<\/p>\n

Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, the state commander of the agency, made this known in an interview with the Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Egwunwoke said that the suspects were arrested with over 3429.9953kg suspected to be cannabis sativa and psychotropic in different parts of the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have so far succeeded in convicting 40 persons while the remaining cases are still pending at various courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe agency will not relent in frustrating the activities of drug peddlers and traffickers in the state, and the nation at large,\u201d Egwunwoke said.<\/p>\n

She urged the public to always report any suspicious activity or individual to relevant authorities to enable the agency rid the state of drug trafficking and its attendant crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also reached out to traditional and religious leaders as well as stakeholders to mobilise residents to volunteer information on those engaging in illegal drug business in their neighbourhood,\u201d she said. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 90 suspected drug traffickers in Niger between January and September, this year. Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, the state commander of the agency, made this known in an interview with the Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday. Egwunwoke said that the suspects were arrested with over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":14215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[68,176,748],"class_list":["post-16592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-efcc","tag-nan","tag-ndlea"],"yoast_head":"\nNDLEA Nabs 90 Suspected Drug Traffickers In Niger - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 90 suspected drug traffickers in Niger between January and September, this year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDLEA Nabs 90 Suspected Drug Traffickers In Niger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 90 suspected drug traffickers in Niger between January and September, this year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-10T15:54:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/NDLEA2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"NDLEA Nabs 90 Suspected Drug Traffickers In Niger\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-10T15:54:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/NDLEA2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"EFCC\",\"NAN\",\"NDLEA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-nabs-90-suspected-drug-traffickers-in-niger\",\"name\":\"NDLEA Nabs 90 Suspected Drug Traffickers In Niger - 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