NDLEA destroys N301bn worth of illicit drugs in Lagos

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By Kingsley Omonobi
LAGOS — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 329,865.585 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs with an estimated street value of N301.058 billion in a court-ordered exercise in Lagos.
The exercise, conducted on Monday at Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos, followed orders of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, and involved drugs from concluded uncontested cases and abandoned seizures.
According to a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, 246,864.535kg of the drugs were seized by the Lagos Strate...