440 drug offenders nabbed, 43 convictions secured in 2025 in Osun: NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Osun command, says it arrested 440 persons for illicit drug related offences and secured 43 convictions in 2025.
In its annual report obtained by journalists on Saturday, the NDLEA command also said that 156 drug users were counselled while four were rehabilitated in the year under review.
In the report breakdown, it said that 368 males were arrested while 72 females were also arrested for drug offences.
The report indicated that 71 out of the 368 arrested male, were charged to court, out of which 43 of them were convicted.
The report also stated that 13,143.295kg of Cannabis Sativa, 0.029kg of cocaine, 145.524kg of psychotropic substances, and 0.349kg of Methaphetamine, were also seized.
The command also carried out 120 sensitisation and drug awareness programmes in the state.
)NAN)
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