We’ll be tougher on drug barons this year — NDLEA

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, Saturday vowed that the NDLEA would be tougher on drug barons in 2022. Marwa, in his New Year message, said the agency would continue its aggressive pursuit of drug cartels, barons and traffickers wherever they might be. Bandits kill 13 in Kaduna, Taraba, […]

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, Saturday vowed that the NDLEA would be tougher on drug barons in 2022.

Marwa, in his New Year message, said the agency would continue its aggressive pursuit of drug cartels, barons and traffickers wherever they might be.

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He warned: “Those who heed this warning will thank themselves for taking the wise decision to quit the drug trade in the days ahead. Those who think and act otherwise can be assured of a tough year in 2022. 

“They can take a cue from what happened in 2021, where the Agency secured various jail terms for over 1, 200 drug traffickers, including nationals of other countries and we brought to book six drug barons, including those outside the country and those who had been on the run for as long as 10 years.”

  “In 2022, our goals remain the same: to dismantle drug cartels and syndicates, and that include arresting and having drug offenders jailed by the court and ultimately to rid our society of all traces of illicit substances,” Marwa said.

He said: “There is still a window of opportunity for drug traffickers and barons: Now is the time for them to turn over a new leaf before NDLEA turn on the heat and they lose it all. Since most of them are in the business to amass wealth and now they have made fortunes from this trade that harms society, therefore, it is time to quit.”