•Report by Kamil Opeyemi
Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested Eighty-eight drugs offenders in Lagos State.
This is as the anti-narcotic agency also impounded illicit drugs worth 10.8kg in January.
The state’s agency’s spokesman, Mr Musa Mallum stated this on Monday.
According to him, those arrested include eighty (80) males and eight(8) females.
He added that drug joints raided and dismantled in the state in January were located at Alaba Rago, Lagos Island and Agege areas.
The Command secured 11 convictions against offenders who would spend between three years and five years behind bars.
“Among assets forfeited by the offenders were a truck and N1.9 million,’’ he stated.
Mallum quoted the NDLEA Commander in Lagos State, Mr Umaru Adoro as saying that “the NDLEA will not spare drug offenders found culpable.”
Adoro also warned drug peddlers to desist from the devilish business as it impacts negatively on youths and on the larger society.