National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday raided locations suspected to be hideouts for the sale of illicit drugs in Calabar, Cross River State.
This was disclosed by the State Commander of NDLEA, Rachel Umebuali in Calabar.
Umebuali said during the raid, about 2.6kg of illicit drugs were seized at Effiete area of Calabar.
She disclosed that nine persons were also arrested in connection with the drugs.
The commander, who said credible intelligence led to the raid, appealed to members of the public not to be accomplices to these dealers by not reporting their activities.
Umebuali raised alarm over the brazen manner in which some of the dealers and their clients carry out their business in the capital city.
According to her, “We are totally out for this people because if we don’t go after them, with the rate they are going, things are going to become worse.
“We acted on credible information and having carried out our due diligence, we stormed the area that has become a regular market for buying and selling of illicit drugs.
“The nine persons arrested are still with us, while those caught patronising them have been counseled, cautioned and allowed to go.
“As for the nine with us, we are currently investigating them and those found wanting will be prosecuted accordingly.
“We have set ablaze the spot where they were carrying out their illegal activity of selling hard drugs.”
She said the dealers had devised various means of trading illicit drugs in the state.
“We just arrested a dealer, a tricycle driver, who uses his tricycle to warehouse and market illicit drugs in Calabar.
“This is how far they have gone; you won’t even suspect him using what he was supposed to be using in carrying commuters for this kind of illegal activity,” she stated.
