In Kano State, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency detained 352 people and seized 2.1 tons of illegal substances.
Mr. Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, the state’s NDLEA commander, revealed this information in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Kano.
According to Idris-Ahmad, the arrests and seizures took place between January and March.
According to him, the suspects detained were 208 men and 44 women, and the drugs recovered included 1,225.05 kg of codeine and tramadol and 955.304 kg of cannabis sativa.
Others, according to him, were 25 grammes of cocaine, 17 grammes of heroine and 52 grammes of methamphetamine.
The commander said that the major challenge before the agency in the state was convincing communities to expose peddlers of illicit drugs in their midst.
“Our challenge is being able to educate the communities to provide useful information about the hideouts of drug users or peddlers whose activities had continued to impact negatively on the society.
“People should be aware of the dangers that drug users or traffickers constitute in society so that the public will come out with useful information to ensure a drug-free society,” Idris-Ahmad said.
He, therefore, appealed to the general public to provide useful and timely information on drug traffickers to the command, so as to take them out of circulation and safeguard society.