{"id":29070,"date":"2020-08-28T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=29070"},"modified":"2020-08-28T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:47:16","slug":"nigerias-drug-cases-balloon-by-over-6000-in-one-year-north-central-highest-nbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=29070","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s drug cases balloon by over 6000% in one year, North Central highest \u2013NBS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1598610658096blob.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria's drug cases balloon by over 6000% in one year, North Central highest \u2013NBS\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of drug cases in Nigeria soared from 9,831 in 2018 to 621,035.46 in 2019, equivalent to 6,217% increase, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the NBS\u2019 Drug Seizure and Arrest Statistics Report 2019, the North Central region led&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/police-arrest-driver-carrying-3000-cartridges-woman-with-hard-drugs-in-delta\/\">drug cases<\/a>&nbsp;in Nigeria by geopolitical zones, rising from 1,311 in 2018 to 517,711.69 in the review year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South West region came next, with drug cases surging from 1,260 to 44,744.13 between 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The region with the lowest drug cases was the North East, which saw an increase from 1,608 to 4,490.81 within the periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the volume side, 612,547.89 kilogrammes (kg) of narcotic drug were seized in 2019, 274.22% higher than the 163,684.44kg reported the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwara, Edo and Ondo recorded the biggest quantities of narcotic drugs across the states, accounting for 502,605kg; 23,186kg and 21,451kg respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nasarawa, Zamfara and Imo were responsible for the smallest quantities at 68kg, 196kg and 232kg in that order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A decrease was reported in the number of arrests made in 2019 at 9,479 compared to 9,779 in 2018. Of the total arrests made, 908 were female while 8,571 were male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA total of 397 counselling cases were reported in 2019 as against 730 in 2018 while 397 counselling were concluded in 2019 as against 440 in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c9,418 suspects were prosecuted in 2019 as against 9,779 in 2018 while 1,120 were convicted in 2019 as against 1,220 in 2018,\u201d the NBS said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total number of drug cases in Nigeria soared from 9,831 in 2018 to 621,035.46 in 2019, equivalent to 6,217% increase, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday. 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