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Posted by Lolade on Mon 29th Jun, 2015 - tori.ng

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, announced last weekend that it destroyed illicit drugs and cannabis worth N542 billion in 2014.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. at the weekend, revealed that it destroyed illicit drugs and cannabis worth N542 billion in 2014.

The illicit drug impounded weighed 106,897.18 kilogrammes.

The agency revealed that 8,826 suspects comprising 8,322 males and 494 females were arrested or questioned under the period in review.

Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, spoke in Abuja at the launch of National Drug Control Master Plan (NDCMP) 2015-2019.

Giade said: “This huge amount is mind blowing and has the capacity to derail the most credible election. Such proceeds can either be used to subvert the wishes of the electorates or instigate upheavals. We shall therefore continue to financially incapacitate and dislodge drug cartels."