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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Ebonyi State command has advocated robust public enlightenment to stamp out drug peddling as the agency arrested ten drug dealers with some substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.
The NDLEA Commandant in Ebonyi, Umar Isa Adoro, made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking to newsmen on efforts made so far to stop dealers in hard drugs from operating in the state.
According to Adoro the suspects were arrested on march third following an operation in one of the hostels of the Ebonyi state university by officers of the anti-drug agency and called on all hands to be on deck in the fight against hard drugs in the state.
In its continued drive to rid Nigeria of the manufacture, distribution, sales, and consumption of hard drugs, the agency carried out an operation in one of the hostel accommodations in the state university with an arrest of 10 students with an illicit substance confirmed to be cannabis Sativa.