NDLEA to Frustrate Drug Barons
- By Pearl Ngwama
- Published January 11th, 2010
- News
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AHMADU Giade, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared that the agency, in the light of the recent terrorism attempt in the US, would frustrate the activities of drug barons as there will be no hiding place for them.
Giade stated that global security checks have heightened at exit and entry points in line with the agency’s determination to frustrate drug barons in the new year.
He expressed satisfaction with the growing use of full body scanners by countries following the terror scare and noted that it will be a painful year for drug syndicates as the international community is adopting stiffer measures in passenger screening.
Giade emphasised that “terror threat has redefined global security checks. The increase in the use of full body scanning machines will make the year a painful one for drug barons. Be it air, land and sea travel, traffickers must be prepared for difficult times”.
Since the failed attempt to detonate an explosive on a Detroit bound airliner on December 25 2009, passenger screening worldwide has taken a different dimension. The development in Nigeria has yielded good results.
Also the agency on January 1, 2010, arrested a 29 year old Ogbeide Prince, who was the first drug trafficker of the year.
He was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos by anti-narcotic officials. Ogbeide was detected with the aid of scanning machine on new year day at about 9:25 pm local time for ingesting narcotic drugs during the screening of passengers on Alitalia Flight. His final destination was Venetia in Italy where he has gone to sojourn since 2007.
Reacting to the arrest of Ogbeide, Alhaji Hamza Umar, NDLEA Airport commander, said that the suspect’s arrest is a warning to others that the Agency will stop any move by drug barons to smuggle drugs this year.
Giade stated that global security checks have heightened at exit and entry points in line with the agency’s determination to frustrate drug barons in the new year.
He expressed satisfaction with the growing use of full body scanners by countries following the terror scare and noted that it will be a painful year for drug syndicates as the international community is adopting stiffer measures in passenger screening.
Giade emphasised that “terror threat has redefined global security checks. The increase in the use of full body scanning machines will make the year a painful one for drug barons. Be it air, land and sea travel, traffickers must be prepared for difficult times”.
Since the failed attempt to detonate an explosive on a Detroit bound airliner on December 25 2009, passenger screening worldwide has taken a different dimension. The development in Nigeria has yielded good results.
Also the agency on January 1, 2010, arrested a 29 year old Ogbeide Prince, who was the first drug trafficker of the year.
He was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos by anti-narcotic officials. Ogbeide was detected with the aid of scanning machine on new year day at about 9:25 pm local time for ingesting narcotic drugs during the screening of passengers on Alitalia Flight. His final destination was Venetia in Italy where he has gone to sojourn since 2007.
Reacting to the arrest of Ogbeide, Alhaji Hamza Umar, NDLEA Airport commander, said that the suspect’s arrest is a warning to others that the Agency will stop any move by drug barons to smuggle drugs this year.
