{"id":19855,"date":"2020-01-07T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19855"},"modified":"2020-01-07T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:03:32","slug":"ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA arrest 102 suspected drugs traffickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa and psychotropic drugs in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The state NDLEA Commander, Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday, that the arrests were made between January and December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe total numbers of drug abuse suspects counseled were 70 persons and total number of clients admitted for rehabilitation 24 persons while the grand total of illegal drugs seized was 3, 918 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have so far succeeded in convicting 32 persons while the remaining cases are pending at the courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agency will not relent in frustrating the activities of drug peddlers and traffickers in the state and the nation at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Egwunwoke, however, appealed to the public to always report any suspicious individual to relevant authorities to enable the agency to rid the state of drug trafficking and its attendant crimes.<\/p>\n<p>She said the agency has reached out to both traditional and religious leaders to mobilise residents to volunteer information on those engaging in illegal business for prompt security action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa and psychotropic drugs in 2019. The state NDLEA Commander, Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday, that the arrests were made between January and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":8757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[358,748],"class_list":["post-19855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-arrest","tag-ndlea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDLEA arrest 102 suspected drugs traffickers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances\" \/>\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-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDLEA arrest 102 suspected drugs traffickers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-07T15:03:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/04\/NDLEA.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"424\" \/>\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-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"NDLEA arrest 102 suspected drugs traffickers\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-07T15:03:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/04\/NDLEA.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"arrest\",\"NDLEA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndlea-arrest-102-suspected-drugs-traffickers\",\"name\":\"NDLEA arrest 102 suspected drugs traffickers - 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