LAGOS, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 10 suspected drug dealers in northeast state of Adamawa, an official said Wednesday.
The suspects were arrested within the past one week following the renewed war against drug dealers by the agency, Wale Ige, the NDLEA state commander told reporters in Yola, the state capital.
"We have put in place a network of measures to ensure that drug dealers who are bent on coming to Adamawa State to ensnare youths with illicit substances are caught in NDLEA dragnet," Ige said.
Ige told reporters that the anti-drug agency arrested 127 suspects and seized 1,763 kg of narcotic and psychotropic substances from January to date.
"The arrested suspects are made up of 124 males and 3 females while the monthly average of the arrests is about 16 persons per month," he added.
