NDLEA arrested 139 suspected drug traffickers at the Murtala
Muhammad International Airport in year 2015 NDLEA stated.
The Commander Mr. Garba Ahmadu speaks with journalist in his
office stated that 119 of the 139 are male while the remaining 20 are female
He said “In 2015, we made 590.9 kilograms of seizure while
about 120 cases were before the Federal High Court, with 17 convicted.
“There was a little increase in arrests by the command
because we made a seizure of 436,065kg in 2014 while it increased in 2015 to
590.9kg.
“Similarly, 129 suspects were arrested in 2014 while 139
suspects were arrested in 2015. We believe the increase in arrest was due to
officers growing awareness to tricks employed by traffickers, which is due to
the impact of trainings of officers,” he said.
577 suspected drug traffickers were arrested in Lagos,
Nigeria. Meanwhile 438 suspects were arrested by the Lagos command of the NDLEA
between January and November 2015, and the airport command arrested 139
suspects same year.
The Lagos State commander of the NDLEA, Alhaji Aliyu Sule,
giving the figures to journalists while speaking on the activities of his
command in 2015, also disclosed that a total of 7,315 kilo grammes (over 7
tonnes ) of various drugs were seized during the period.
