127 arrested, 1,205kg of drugs seized in Bauchi – NDLEA
The National Drug Legislation Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bauchi Suppose Show, has arrested 127 suspected drug offenders and seized over 1,205 kilograms of various illicit substances between January and June 2025.
Bauchi Suppose Commander, Ali Aminu, disclosed this in a assertion issued to ticket the 2025 Worldwide Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking, venerated yearly on June 26.
In response to Aminu, the arrests comprised 118 males and 9 females. He added that the expose had secured 28 convictions, with 18 cases quiet pending in court. Additionally, 32 drug customers underwent counselling and rehabilitation, largely thru transient intervention programmes.
In the case of seizures, the NDLEA recovered 874.585 kilograms of hashish sativa, 330.588 kilograms of psychotropic substances, and 1.06 grams of methamphetamine (in most cases known as “ice”).
Aminu highlighted the toll of the realm drug change, which he said continues to undermine public successfully being, gasoline violence, and again organised crime networks. He illustrious that the 2025 marketing campaign theme, “The evidence is apparent. Make investments in prevention, ruin the cycle,” is particularly relevant for Nigeria.
“Drug trafficking is tearing thru communities with substances which could perhaps perhaps be stronger, more harmful, and more lethal than ever,” he said, warning that vulnerable teams, especially females and youths, are being targeted by legal networks.
He said the company is intensifying its Warfare Against Drug Abuse (WADA) programme, which focuses on prevention thru training, sensitisation, and public consciousness.
“The NDLEA can no longer capture this war by myself,” Aminu said, calling on contributors, governments, NGOs, non secular institutions, faculties, and security companies to again consciousness efforts.
He commended the NDLEA Chairman/CEO, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), for revitalising the company and motivating its personnel.
“The war against illicit use and trafficking in medications is on. Users and sellers are which potential that of this truth warned to cessation obvious of Bauchi Suppose or be able to face the wrath of the guidelines,” he concluded.
