The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Imo command, seized 9.37 kg exhibits from alleged drug peddlers within the state.
NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Nse Inam, said this while parading two suspected peddlers at the command’s headquarters in Owerri on Friday.
Mr Inam, who was represented by Mr Kayode Raji, the Assistant State Commander in charge of Operations and Intelligence, said that 9.7kg cannabis sativa and 26.2g methamphetamine were found with the first suspect; Mr Gasike Amadi while 3.5g of cocaine and 7.2g of heroine was also found on the second suspect; Mr Kingsley Ehirim.
The commander said that the mode of concealment of the exhibits left much to be desired as according to him, the first suspect had smartly arranged the exhibits in a disguised television set.
He appreciated command officers for their proactive efforts in tracking the culprits for a period of two months while urging them not to relent. He encouraged members of the public to report suspected drug peddlers to the NDLEA.
“The arrests is a result of two months proactive efforts by the officers who had to use a lot of intelligence to discover the exhibits even though they were disguised and hidden in a television set.
We call on Nigerians to always supply the agency with useful information that can lead to the tracking and arrest of illicit drug peddlers,” He said.
One of the suspects; Mr Amadi of Uburu-Okpala in Ngor-okpala LGA of Imo, who is a security man at a telecommunication company, told newsmen that he usually buy the exhibits from a supplier in Edo and sold them in Imo.
He however, confessed that he began peddling drugs in 2019 when he realized that his salary of N10,000 could not support his family of five.
