Police commissioner Adegoke Fayoade says it is time to take urgent measures to halt cultism and drug abuse in society.
“Consequently, the sentence of this court upon Benjamin Joseph and Stephen Orban is that they are hanged by the neck until they are dead,” the judge ruled.
Also, Lateef Abiodun, a criminologist, said the Senate should extend the death penalty to corruption cases by public officers.
The commissioner said the warehouse would be used to store drugs and other medical and health-related commodities.
He urged the general public to make available information and facts that could assist in sanitising the environment of criminal elements.
The drugs, worth the equivalent of €8.5 million ($9.06 million) and destined for an EU country, were hidden in mattresses.
“In 2018 alone, the agency intercepted 3.38 tons of drugs in Anambra State,” said the NDLEA official.
“What happened is a normal thing to us in the investigation and enforcement unit of NAFDAC.”
The commander said the agency also seized 17.955 tons of marijuana and other psychotropic substances within the period.
The Nigerian Customs Service has committed to ending the smuggling of petroleum products in 2024.
