No fewer than 192 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested by the operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State.
The suspects were arrested between January and September in Ebonyi.
This was disclosed by the agency’s Commander in the state,Mr Iyke Uche during the press briefing on Tuesday in Abakaliki saying that,the agency also seized 113.414 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa.
He added that 0.0621kgs methamphetamine, locally known as Mkpurummiri, was also seized within the period under review.
“The seizures were made by our personnel in different locations across communities in the state,” Uche said.
On the level of drug trafficking in the state, the commander said Ebonyi has low drug business but many consumers.
“There is no prevalence drug business here in Ebonyi but there are consumers.
“We counselled a total of 92 drug users in the state in the period under review.
“Most crimes usually take place with the intake of drugs, of course, there are drug enhanced violent crimes.
“So, we will intensify efforts on sensitizations, we are going to strengthen campaigns in schools in order to nip drug abuse in the bud in the state,” the commander said.
Uche further stressed that the NDLEA would continue to work assiduously to rid the state of drug abuse and traffickers.
He therefore sought media support to deepen the sensitisation campaign in order to curtail the menace of illicit drugs in the state.