The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency has detained 352 people and recovered 2.1 tonnes of illegal substances in Kano State.
The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, remarked in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Thursday.
Idris-Ahmad added that the seizures and arrests were done between January and March.
He claimed that the individuals detained constituted 208 men and 44 females, while the recovered substances included 955.304 kg of cannabis sativa and 1,225.05 kg of Codeine and Tramadol.
Others, according to him, were 25 grammes of cocaine, 17 grammes of heroin and 52 grammes of methamphetamine.
The commander added that the primary issue confronting the agency in the state was getting communities to disclose peddlers of illegal narcotics in their midst.
“Our difficulty is being able to educate the community to supply relevant information about the hideouts of drug users or peddlers whose actions have continued to influence badly on society.
“People should be aware of the hazards that drug users or traffickers entail in society so that the public will come out with valuable knowledge to guarantee a drug-free society,” Idris-Ahmad added.
He, therefore, urged the general people to offer relevant and timely information on drug traffickers to the command, to pull them out of circulation and preserve society.
