The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has solicited the support of traditional rulers in combating drug abuse in the FCT.
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Mr Nnadi condemned the nefarious means of earning a living by some members of the society.
The Taliban-led caretaker government issued a decree in April last year banning poppy cultivation and its processing.
German authorities plan to legally declassify cannabis and the active substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as narcotics.
The minister’s aide explained that the five persons arrested would be taken for investigation.
Police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa said “the suspect was driving an unregistered white Honda Accord, 2016 model, when he was stopped for a search.”
The operatives also arrested seven of the drug kingpins behind the syndicates in separate raids in Kogi, Nasarawa and Benue States.
