NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday wednesday vowed that the State Government would deploy its entire arsenal to ensure that militants and vandals threatening the peace are flushed out of the State once and for all.The Governor who spoke when he received the Acting Inspector General of Police,Mr Idris Kpotun Ibrahim,who was on a courtesy visit to the Lagos House,Ikeja,said that the recent military onslaught in the areas where such criminal elements have been hibernating was yielding positive result,assuring that all efforts would be made to sustain the success recorded so far.It would be recalled that in the last one week,joint onslaught by the Nigeria Army,the Police and other security agencies was carried out some communities within the boundary of Lagos and Ogun State against militants and oil thieves who had been causing civil disturbance in recent times.Governor Amode said ''I want to also use this medium to commend the Nigeria Police and other security agencies on our fight against the militants and vandals that we have embarked on in this Operation Awatse in the last one week.I want to commend all the security agencies for a job well done,I also want to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for approving that Operation by what we have seen,I also commend the Chief of Defence Staff for also approving the joint effort.We are already seeing the results.I have just been briefed this morning about the impact of what has been done.Again,we need to sustain and ensure that these people do not go back to the creeks.On our part as a government,whatever it is that it takes to take the militants and vandals off Lagos we are going to do it,if it means shutting down some locations where they seem to be hibernating in terms of any commercial trade,we would do it and make sure that we guarantee the lives our people and what ever it takes in terms of financial support for the security agencies to sustain the success we've had in the last few days,we would do it''.While thanking the Acting IGP for finding time to visit Lagos since his appointment,Governor Ambode appealed for more police presence in the State to secure the lives and property of the over 22 million population in the State.''I want to thank you for visiting Lagos.You've worked in Lagos before.The Lagos of then and the Lagos of now is totally different,the population in Lagos is over 22 million and then the land space is not increasing,so the number of police officers that we have in regards to population is very meager.So as you recruit policemen,we appeal that more police officers be deployed to Lagos,we have space for them,we can build more police stations and we can equip them effectively''.He said.More photos below. 
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