The command said it has also arrested 60 suspects, including four women and 56 men for drug-related offences, while it has impounded four vehicles conveying drugs to various destinations between January and March 2015.
State Commander of NDLEA, Alhaji idris Bello, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja yesterday.
Bello explained that the figure was made up of 25,575.172kg of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp); 801kg of Diazepam and 126.953kg of Tramadol capsules.
He noted that two of the arrested 60 suspects had been convicted, while 30 others were at various stages of trial with two others undergoing rehabilitation and counseling, adding that the rest were drug users, who were counseled and allowed to go.
The commander hinted that the agency’s Drug Demand Reduction, DDR, unit was now functional in the state for in-house rehabilitation of drug-dependent persons (addicts) brought by their communities or parents.
Vehicles impounded during the period, according to NDLEA boss, include a white Renault bus marked Edo: XD 233 DGE; a J5 bus marked Nasarawa: XC 815 LFA; a green Peugeot J5 bus marked Kwara: XA 632 LFF and a Ford mini-truck marked Kaduna: SBG 382 XA.
The commander, however, decried the inadequacy of operational vehicles and surveillance materials at the command’s disposal, adding that the challenges were daunting and slowing the pace of the command’s operations.
He appealed to citizens especially members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, plying inter-state routes to partner with the agency by availing it of useful information in the fight against illicit drugs.
Bello assured the citizens that such information would be treated in confidence, as he restated determination of the command to make the state a “no-go area” for those dealing in illicit drugs and psychotropic substances.
