The Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, who gave the figure on Friday in Abuja at the celebration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, added that 12,304 persons were arrested and questioned in connection to hard drugs in the past 17 months.
Within the same period, 2,800 persons had been convicted in court for drug offences, he explained, noting that 2,054 were convicted in 2014 while 783 persons were convicted between January and May, 2015.
The NDLEA boss noted that the country had peaceful general elections earlier this year because his agency stopped enormous quantity of hard drugs from entering into the society.
He explained that if that amount of drugs had got into the system, the elections would have been violent.
Giade said, "This huge amount is mind blowing and has the capacity to derail the most credible election. Such proceeds could be used to either subvert the wishes of the electorates or instigate upheavals. We shall continue to incapacitate and dislodge drug cartels."
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