NDLEA gets court approval to destroy N150m illicit drugs
NDLEA gets court approval to destroy N150m illicit drugs
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Friday gave the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) approval to destroy forfeited illicit drugs weighing 15.660kg.
Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling granted the order to destroy the substance which was valued at about N150million.
In an ex-parte application marked: FJC/ABJ/CS/1142021 the NDLEA prayed for “an order for forfeiture and leave to destroy, by burning in a public place, all narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances tendered in cases already prosecuted to conclusion in Abuja by the agency from January 1st 2020 to October 31st 2020.
NDLEA, in a supporting affidavit, said the drugs and psychotropic substances were seized by operatives at its Abuja command in the course of their operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
It stated that the cases, in respect of which the drugs and psychotropic substances were seized, have all been concluded and that no appeals were pending in respect of the cases.
