NDLEA arrests 225 suspects for illegal drug-related offenses in Osun.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that about 225 suspects were arrested for illegal drug-related offenses in Osun State between January and June. 

The state Commander of NDLEA, Oluwarotimi Adetula, revealed on Monday in Osogbo, that the suspects include 174 males and 51 females, with 43 charged to court and 22 convictions secured, noting that the agency seized over 654kilograms of narcotics, including cannabis, cocaine, and methamphetamine. 

The commander further said that within that period, the NDLEA conducted 125 drug sensitization and awareness programs, counseling 116 drug users and rehabilitating two, while two cannabis farms were also destroyed during the period.

He emphasized that the agency is committed to making Osun State uninhabitable to drug barons and traffickers, hence the need for residents to join the fight against drug abuse and for youth to stay away from abusing any form of drugs.

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