NDLEA seized over 30 tonnes of illicit drugs in Edo in 2025 - Marwa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it seized more than 30 tonnes of illicit substances in Edo State in 2025 and arrested over 1,200 suspected drug traffickers within the period. Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, retd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, disclosed this on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to the Oba of Benin at his palace in Benin City. Marwa said he was in the state on an assessment visit to the NDLEA Edo State Command and to address the Regimental Sergeant Majors Convention of the Nigerian Army. The retired army general, who described drug abuse as one of the leading social problems in Nigeria, said more than 15 million Nigerians abuse drug...