The Delta State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has disclosed that it confiscated 2.446497 tonnes of illicit drugs estimated at N2 billion between July 2025 and September 2026.
DAILY POST reports that the NDLEA Commander, Halilu Hamidu, revealed this on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, while briefing journalists on the command’s activities and achievements during the period under review.
Hamidu said the command also obtained convictions against 248 suspects within the period, while 223 cases remained pending before various courts.
According to him, the total value of the illicit substances recovered during the agency’s operations was estimated at N2 billion.
“The seized 2.446497 tonnes of solid drugs included 1.387751 tonnes of Cannabis sativa, 81.023 kilogrammes of cannabis seeds, 0.1511 kilogramme of cocaine, 0.0317 kilogramme of heroin, 0.8906 kilogramme of methamphetamine.
“Others are 2.303 kilogrammes of Molly, 666.295 kilogrammes of tramadol, 16.113 kilogrammes of Swinol/Rohypnol, 52.940 kilogrammes of diazepam/bromazepam, 5,190.8 kilogrammes of Exol-5, 0.7395 kilogramme of Cocodamol and 47.560 kilogrammes of laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide,” he said.
He further disclosed that operatives recovered 1,304.630 litres of liquid drug exhibits, including 819.327 litres of codeine, 14.310 litres of pentazocine injection, 0.013 litres of diazepam injection, 0.403 litres of tramadol injection and 54.993 litres of a mixture of cannabis and dry gin.
Hamidu identified the raid on a warehouse at Oko Market, Asaba, where illicit substances valued at more than N150 million were recovered, as one of the command’s major operations during the period.
The state NDLEA commander also revealed that three trucks conveying codeine and psychotropic substances, with estimated street values of N150 million and N100 million respectively, were intercepted.
He added that two commercial buses were intercepted along the Onitsha-Asaba Expressway while carrying various illicit psychotropic substances estimated at over N300 million.
Hamidu said the agency also destroyed 35.2 hectares of Cannabis sativa farmland across Delta State.
He listed other accomplishments of the command to include counselling for 693 drug-dependent persons, comprising 463 males and 230 females.
He, however, assured residents that the command remained committed to preventing drug traffickers from using Delta State as a transit route or a location for the storage, cultivation and distribution of illicit substances.
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