Court okays NDLEA’s request to destroy drugs worth N150m
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted an application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to destroy forfeited narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances, weighing 15.660kg and worth N150 million.
Delivering a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, gave the order for forfeiture and leave to destroy the drugs sought by the NDLEA in an ex-parte application argued by a senior lawyer to the agency, Mike Kassa.
In the application marked: FJC/ABJ/CS/1142021, the NDLEA prayed for “an order for forfeiture and leave to destroy, by burning in a public place, all narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances tendered in cases already prosecuted to conclusion in Abuja fro January 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020 by the agency, weighing 15.660kg.”
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, an order to destroy narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances, weighing 15.660kg and valued at about N150 million.
Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling on Friday granted an order for the forfeiture and leave to destroy the drug sought by the NDLEA in an ex-parte application argued by a senior lawyer to the agency, Mike Kassa.
In the application marked: FJC/ABJ/CS/1142021, the NDLEA prayed for “an order for forfeiture and leave to destroy, by burning in a public place, all narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances tendered in cases already prosecuted to a conclusion in Abuja from January 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020, by the agency, weighing 15.660kg.”