The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said it arrested 9,824 suspected drug offenders and recovered 316,365.47 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in 2018.
Head of Public Affairs of the agency, Jonah Achema, said this on Tuesday in Abuja.
Achema said that 9,122 of the nabbed suspects were males while 702 were females, adding that the agency prosecuted 1, 245 offenders during the period.
He said that the agency secured 1, 236 convictions, while seven cases were acquitted and two struck out. Drugs seized by NDLEA in 2018
According to him, from the total number of kilogrammes of drugs recovered, Cannabis Sativa weighed 271,812 kilogrammes while Codeine Cough syrups intercepted was 16,039 kilogrammes.
Achema said that Cannabis Sativa was the only locally cultivated illicit drug in Nigeria, while Cough syrups with codeine content had been banned since 2018 because of its widespread abuse.
