The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested 280 suspects and secured 43 convictions for alleged trafficking and dealing in illicit medicine between January and August 2025.
The company disclosed that the arrests lower throughout traffickers, sellers, and customers of narcotics and psychotropic substances, reflecting a surge in enforcement efforts throughout the state.
The state Commander, Olayinka Joe-Fadile, disclosed this in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan.
Joe-Fadile mentioned the suspects comprised 246 males and 34 females, aged between 13 and 50 years.
He added that the command additionally secured 43 convictions throughout the interval below assessment.
Joe-Fadile defined that a few of the suspects have been caught in possession of narcotics, whereas others have been apprehended for dealing in substances resembling hashish sativa, tramadol, “skuches,” cocaine, pentazocine injection, and diazepam.
Instances in court docket and drug seizures
In accordance with him, a complete variety of 38 instances have been charged to court docket by the command throughout the interval below assessment and are at completely different phases of court docket proceedings.
He revealed that the command recorded a complete seizure of 1.2 tonnes of hashish sativa and different psychotropic substances throughout this era.
Human components case transferred to police
Joe-Fadile mentioned {that a} suspect who was apprehended by the command and located in possession of human components by the patrol group had been transferred to the police for correct investigation.
“The command has admitted 19 purchasers for rehabilitation, 4 out of which had been rehabilitated and built-in again to the society, whereas 524 individuals have been counselled within the final eight months,” he mentioned.
He added that the command had carried out a Battle Towards Drug Abuse sensitization program in 141 areas, together with colleges, communities, marketplaces, motor parks, church buildings, mosques, radio, and TV stations.
Dedication to a drug-free state
The commander vowed to proceed public sensitization on the hazards of illicit drug trafficking with a purpose to make the state drug-free.
He recommended the folks of the state for his or her assist and additional solicited their continued cooperation with a purpose to win the warfare in opposition to drug trafficking and abuse and guarantee a peaceable setting within the state.
What you must know
In a latest growth, the company destroyed a 71.5-hectare hashish farm in Taraba State, yielding 178,750 kilograms of skunk.
This was revealed in a press release issued on Sunday, August 31, 2025, by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.
A 30-year-old Alfa Andrew was taken into custody following the destruction of 178,750 kilograms of skunk on his 71.5 hectares of hashish farm in Mayodoga forest, Sardauna native council space of Taraba state.
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