Nigerian anti drug agency on Monday in Abuja said it has arrested 54 suspected drug traffickers with 61.215 kg of cocaine valued at 153 million naira.
Ofoyeju Mitchell, the spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said that the suspects were arrested between January and May this year.
Five of the suspects were arrested in January with 5.95 kg of cocaine, while 10 others were caught in February with 80.70 kg of the substance, according to Mitchell.
He added that twelve suspects were arrested in March with 11.51kg of cocaine, 17 in April with 22.35 kg and another 10 in May with 12.7 kg of the drug.
Ofoyeju said that arrests and seizures for the period exceeded that of 2007 which recorded nine suspects and 8.2 kg of cocaine.
According to him, the figures show an increase of about 500 percent over that of 2007 for both drugs seized and arrests made between January and May. (1 U.S. dollar=118.02 naira)
Source:Xinhua
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