Kano State’s multi-agency drug enforcement task force says it has arrested 1,760 people linked to drug offences and obtained 890 convictions. The report also highlights growing concern about abuse of pregabalin, a controlled medicine.
In a separate development, the task force says it has shut down a pharmaceutical company over an allegation of illegal distribution of pregabalin. Daily Post Nigeria reports the firm was closed after the operation found controlled drug-related wrongdoing, describing the case as involving ₦900m worth of pregabalin. Together, the accounts frame Kano’s enforcement as both arrests and regulatory action against alleged supply and distribution channels.
The outlets differ mainly in emphasis: one focuses on arrest and convictions figures, while the other leads with the closure of a specific pharmaceutical facility and the scale it attributes to the alleged controlled-drug activity.
