DRUG TRAFFICKING NDLEA, SOUTH AFRICA PARTNER TO COMBAT SCOURGE

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is partnering with the South African Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation popularly known as HAWKS, to combat drug trafficking between the two countries.
At the start of a two-day meeting at the NDLEA national headquarters in Abuja, chairman and chief executive of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa, retired, who was represented by the agency’s secretary, Mr. Shadrach Haruna said the deliberation which is a follow up to a virtual one held in April 2022, will bridge the gap and rekindle our efforts by deepening collaboration in line with the principle of common and shared responsibility in tackling the global drug problem.
He said among other expected outcomes of this visit is the need to have a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding to combat drug trafficking and related crimes between the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, DPCI, HAWKS, of South Africa.