The Kaduna command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, said it arrested 111 drug traffickers between January and February 2022.

Umar Adoro, the NDLEA commander, disclosed this on Thursday, saying most of the suspects were between 16 and 30 years.

He added that 34 suspects were arrested in January among which 31 were males and three females, adding that 295.680kg of drugs were seized.

“We seized 292.125kg of cannabis sativa, 0.001kg of heroin and 3.554kg psychotropic substances such as Benalin, tramadol among others. In February, we arrested 77 suspects amongst whom 74 were males while three were females; and a total of 320.508kg of drugs were seized,” he said.

Mr Adoro explained that the agency also discovered a new Shisha flavoured pen, containing cannabis oil, usually used by teenagers.

He stated that five shops were sealed  and four people arrested for selling the pen with 9,932kg of the exhibits seized.

The commander urged parents to pay attention to their children.

“As you can see, this new Shisha-flavoured pen looked like a regular pen and it is rechargeable. So it would be difficult to identify it as Shisha. Apart from that, the flavours contains cannabis oil,” he revealed. “Some of our youths don’t even know that it is dangerous to consume, which is why parents and guardians need to be alert about any new thing or item their wards bring home.”

(NAN)