Hukumar yaki da sha da fataucin miyagun kwayoyi ta kasa NDLEA, reshen jihar Imo, ta cafke mutane 218 da ake zargi tare da daure kilogiram 1471.314 na miyagun kwayoyi a jihar tun watan Yunin 2021.
Kwamandan jihar, Reuben Apeh ne ya bayyana hakan a jiya, yayin da yake zantawa da manema labarai a Owerri, domin bikin ranar yaki da sha da fataucin miyagun kwayoyi ta duniya ta 2022.
Apeh ya ce, daga cikin wadanda aka kama, 171 maza ne, yayin da 47 kuma mata ne. Ya kuma jaddada cewa da yawa daga cikin wadanda aka kama an gurfanar da su a gaban kuliya tare da yanke musu hukunci kan laifukan da suka shafi muggan kwayoyi a kotuna daban-daban.
Kwamandan ya yi nadama kan yadda aka yi amfani da haramtattun labaran da suka shafi muggan laifuka iri-iri, tun daga tashin hankali, laifuka, kungiyoyin asiri, fashi da makami da kuma fyade. Ya ce lamarin ya haifar da fargaba da rashin tsaro a jihar.
A cewarsa, a cikin wa’adin da aka kama an yankewa mutane 51 hukunci yayin da aka gurfanar da mutane 146 a gaban kotu kuma ana ci gaba da shari’ar.