NDLEA And INTERPOL PARTNER To Tackle Global Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Criminal Police Organisation to enable it to contribute to the pool of global criminal data and also access the records of 195 countries around the world for its use.

The agency Chairman, Brig Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), signed for the agency while the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the National Central Bureau, who is also the Vice President, INTERPOL Africa, Garba Umar, endorsed the document on behalf of the global body.

Speaking at a brief ceremony at the NCB secretariat, Force Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, Marwa noted that the drug business is international in scope, adding that the scourge of drug abuse had continued to destroy lives, youths, families and communities.

The NDLEA chairman also stressed that the drug business fuelled criminalities because perpetrators either consumed illicit substances or used the proceeds to fund their nefarious criminal activities.