archiveillicit drugs

…COMMENDS US GOVERNMENT, UNODC PARTNERSHIP Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) has said that the upgrade of the forensic laboratory of the Agency by the United States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) will enhance the operational standard and optimal performance of NDLEA in its renewed fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. Marwa who stated this at the commissioning of the Agency’s newly refurbished forensic laboratory in Lagos on Wednesday, 10th January...

Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of his commitment to bolstering the current partnership between his government and the anti-narcotics agency to achieve the goal of a drug-free society across all 27 local council areas of the state. Prof. Zulum gave the assurance when he hosted the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) who was in Borno for a three-day war against drug abuse, WADA, advocacy visit to mobilise relevant stakeholders to take ownership...

…RECOVERS OVER 33 TONS OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN EDO, OGUN, OSUN, ADAMAWA, DELTA, FCT Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 45-year-old notorious physically challenged drug dealer, Godwin Emuneyin who uses his wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, headquarters of Owan East local government area of Edo state. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday 7th November at his base in Afuze following credible intelligence. At the time of his arrest, a wooden box used to conceal...

…ARRESTS THREE BLIND MEMBERS OF DRUG SYNDICATE, INTERCEPTS 3.2KGS SAUDI-BOUND COCAINE The operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo Odofin, Idumota and the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, have recovered no fewer than 14,481,519 pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over Thirteen Billion Naira (N13,000,000,000) in street value. NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja, said “The three intelligence-led operations began with the raid of...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the task to keep modern societies safe from the scourge of illicit drugs demands global commitment, even as he assured that Nigeria is doing everything possible to fulfill its own end of the bargain. Marwa stated this weekend while addressing a gathering of academics, students, mental health professionals, and Nigerians in diaspora at the Jayhawk Welcome Centre, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, US where he delivered a lecture on “War...