The Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
says it is working on plans to partner with the Nigerian Navy to
prevent the trafficking of drugs through the waterways.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr. Charles Odigie stated
this on ABS live interactive programme, NDLEA and You revealing the
plans the agency is making to nip trafficking of drugs through the
sea.
Mr. Odigie noted that drug traffickers are now adopting different
transport systems to move drugs but that the command is not resting on
its oars and will stop at nothing until all drug traffickers are
removed from the society.
Mr. Odigie highlighted that the resolve of the command led to the
interception of a truck load of cannabis sativa and other banned
substance weighing more than one thousand, nine hundred kilogrammes in
the last week of September.
The NDLEA Spokesperson said the truck load of drugs which was
intercepted at Amawbia and was headed for Yobe State underscores the
fact that Anambra is a major route for drugs coming from South South
states to Northern Nigeria and other parts of Sub-saharan Africa, the
reason the Command has raised its bar in intelligence gathering and
raid activities.
He further called on community stakeholders, church leaders, park
owners and managers as well as other opinion leaders to continue to
partner the agency to protect the society from drug abuse.
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