Marwa: NDLEA arrested 50,901 drug offenders in three years

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Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , says the agency arrested 50,901 drug offenders, including 46 drug barons, in the last three years.

He assured that the agency had taken decisive action against the cultivation of illicit drugs with its search-and-destroy campaign on Indian hemp plantations.He said the campaign has led to the destruction of more than one million hectares of such plantations in the last three years. “It represents the culmination of years of cooperation, mutual trust, and shared determination to combat one of the most pressing threats to our societies.

 

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