{"id":16117,"date":"2024-01-24T09:05:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=16117"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:05:10","slug":"ndlea-notches-68-convictions-initiates-12-rehabilitations-in-akwa-ibom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/24\/ndlea-notches-68-convictions-initiates-12-rehabilitations-in-akwa-ibom\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA Notches 68 Convictions, Initiates 12 Rehabilitations in Akwa Ibom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom Command, reported securing 68 convictions and rehabilitating 12 cases in 2023, according to Mrs. Obot Bassey, the State Commander. At a news briefing in Uyo, Bassey shared that the command arrested 195 suspects, seized 1,267.24 kg of drugs, and counseled 278 individuals during the year.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to 2022, the command witnessed a significant increase in drug seizures, with a 175% rise. Bassey highlighted the link between drug prevalence and rising criminal activities in the state, emphasizing the agency&#8217;s commitment to collaborative efforts and addressing operational challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to 2024, the command aims to intensify its fight against drug cartels and enhance awareness campaigns on the consequences of drug trafficking and abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom Command, reported securing 68 convictions and rehabilitating 12 cases in 2023, according to Mrs. Obot Bassey, the State Commander. At a news briefing in Uyo, Bassey shared that the command arrested 195 suspects, seized 1,267.24 kg of drugs, and counseled 278 individuals during the year. Compared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":15457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16153,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117\/revisions\/16153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}