Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) stated this in Badagry, Lagos.
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The raids led to the arrest of eight suspects as well as seizure of 11 vehicles owned by members of the drug cartels.
Marwa stated this at the opening ceremony of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Drug Control meeting on Thursday 7th March 2024 in Abuja
This was disclosed by the Director of Nedia and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.
The arrests of the suspects led to the seizure of over 7,609 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs in eight states.
ACN, Mallum Musa, Assistant State’s Commander, Media and Advocacy, announced this in a statement, on Wednesday
The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seized 3.6 tonnes of illicit drugs and arrested 241 suspects between July and September, the Commander, Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, has said.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have seized 685.179 Kg of illicit drugs and dismantled 13 illicit drug joints in Kaduna.
Kabir Tsakuwa, FCT Commandant of the agency disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
Nnadi Chidi, the State Commander of NDLEA, made the disclosure in a statement to mark the 2023 International Day Against Drug Abuse in Osogbo on Monday.
NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday.
The confiscated illicit drugs, equivalent of 24,616.111kg, were destroyed on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.
The NDLEA Commander in Kogi, Abdulkadir Abdullahi-Fakai, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Lokoja, as part of a week-long celebration of the United Nations Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking.
The ladies, alongside Alex Johnholt 32, were arrested by Operatives of Crack Surveillance, Delta State Police Command.
This was contained in a statement posted on the Twitter handle of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday.
Four traffickers involved in attempts to import and export illicit drugs through the country are now in the Agency’s custody.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the drugs which were loaded in a Lagos colour LT bus, with the registration number AGL 205 YD belonged to one Alhaji, better known as General in Mushin.
The Osun State Commandant of the security agency, Emmanuel Ocheja made the pledge when he paid a courtesy call to Osun the State Commander of Narcotics, Commander Yomade Ogunbiyi.
Abba Kyari and four of his team members were declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday.
The forum is also seeking a formidable partnership that will secure the states and Nigeria from the menace of drug sub-culture.