The Drug Law Enforcement Agency (DLEAG) has destroyed confiscated illicit drugs worth millions of dalasi.

DLEAG Director General Bakary Gassama said they have destroyed dozens of illicit drugs seized by the drug law enforcement officers from January to December 2021 worth more than 100 million dalasi.

“And the destroyed drugs were as follows, 4-tonnes, 607grams and 700 milligrams of cannabis was destroyed, on hashes 238 kilos and 664 grams were destroyed, 17 grams of heroin, and 52 kilos, 143 grams and 400 milligrams of cocaine were equally destroyed,” he said.

Gassama said the street value of the seized illegal drugs is over hundred million dalasi. 

“The seizure of this huge quantity of drugs is the result of the extreme hard word and commitment of the narcotic drug office,” he added.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba