The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded significant successes in its ongoing War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign with multiple arrests and seizures of illicit substances across the country.
In Borno State, 35-year-old Modu Kolera was arrested on December 18 in the Customs area of Maiduguri with a Volkswagen Golf car (registration: DKW 812 AA) containing 8.5kg of cannabis, 5,000 pills of tramadol, 7,500 diazepam tablets, 14,500 tablets of Exol, and 50 liters of “suck and die,” a newly identified psychoactive substance.
Similarly, on the same day, 30-year-old Gafar Saminu was apprehended in Ayete, Oyo State, with 33.5kg of cannabis sativa, while NDLEA operatives in Enugu raided the Aria New Market and recovered 94kg of the same substance.
In Lagos, operatives intercepted a consignment of 32kg of ephedrine, a precursor chemical, at the Young Shall Grow Luxury Vehicles Park, Maza-Maza, on December 16. The consignment was reportedly destined for the South East.
These operations were part of a broader effort that also saw NDLEA officers seizing 256 wraps of cocaine, 418,330 tramadol pills, 293,000 capsules of tramadol, and other psychoactive substances in previous raids at Kano, Anambra, Lagos, and Maiduguri, as earlier reported.
Beyond enforcement, NDLEA continued its WADA sensitization efforts in various schools, religious centers, workplaces, and communities nationwide.
Among the beneficiaries last week were Wajah Girls Government Day Secondary School in Hong, Adamawa; Government Girls Tahfizul Quran Salihawa in Gwarzo, Kano; and Riyadul Quran Islamiyya School in Bagudo, Kebbi State.
Commending the efforts of NDLEA officers in MAKIA, MMIA, Tincan, Anambra, Borno, Lagos, Oyo, and Enugu commands, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), urged them to maintain their momentum.
He emphasized the agency’s commitment to a balanced approach in reducing both drug supply and demand across Nigeria.
These coordinated actions underline NDLEA’s resolve to dismantle drug trafficking networks and promote a drug-free society.
