The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Friday, August 21, 2020, destroyed 19,234.58 kilograms of the seized drugs in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The destroyed drugs comprised cannabis Sativa and a variety of psychotropic substances in bags and cartons.
While destroying the illicit drug along with Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, on Friday, August 21, 2020, NDLEA’s chairman and chief executive, Muhammad Abdullah (rtd) disclosed that the symbolic importance of the event was to “ensure all seized drugs are permanently put out of circulation.”
He said the exercise was to further decimate evil merchants by burning their illicit investments in drugs, while they spend years in prison.
He disclosed that an order must be granted by the Federal High Court to enable the agency destroy seized drugs by burning.
“Relative to the population of Borno State, with a documented nexus between drugs and violent crimes, the quantity of seized drugs over the years is alarming,” he said. He said aside from the destroyed drugs; there were still large quantities of drugs with pending cases in courts.
Source: The Guardian
