The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (retd.), has called on traditional institutions, parents and community leaders across the country to partner with the agency in tackling substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
A statement on Saturday by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said Marwa spoke at the 10th Akinale Day celebration and the first coronation anniversary of the Towulade of Owu Akinale, Oba Oluseyi Adediran.
Marwa made the call following the recent discovery of industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratories operated by a Nigerian-Mexican drug cartel in the forests of Ogun and Oyo states.
He urged royal fathers and community leaders, particularly in the South-West, to pay close attention to the activities of strangers within their communities and forests.
According to Marwa, prospective buyers of farmlands in rural areas must be properly screened to prevent criminal elements from exploiting isolated locations for illicit drug
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