NDLEA arrests 14 and seizes 400 kg of cannabis in Bauchi raids
Nigeria's drug agency paraded 14 suspected dealers in Bauchi on 17 February 2008 after raids on hideouts across the state recovered over 400 kg of cannabis; one suspect had previously jumped bail on a 2002 charge.
The Bauchi command of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agencyarrested 14 suspected drug dealers and seized over 400 kg of cannabis in a series of raids on hideouts across the state.[1]State commandant Sule Momodu paraded the suspects the day the report was published and said the raids had recovered more than 400 kg of the drug.[1]
Momodu said one of the suspects had been arrested and charged in 2002 but jumped bail and returned to dealing.[1]The report names no other suspects and gives no charges for the current arrests.[1]
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